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Mass Mobilization, 2020

2020, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mass Mobilization, 2020 covers 176 countries. Belarus is highest, at 3.971; Eritrea is lowest, at -3.276. The middle country reads -0.120. Against 2019, 166 values changed (54 up, 112 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mass Mobilization · Data for 2020

HighestBelarus

3.971

LowestEritrea

-3.276

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Mass Mobilization, 2020, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 176 countries · select a heading to sort

Mass Mobilization, 2020: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
BelarusBLREastern Europe3.971
IraqIRQWestern Asia3.818
United StatesUSANorthern America3.291
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe3.253
PolandPOLEastern Europe3.122
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe2.945
GuineaGINWestern Africa2.878
BulgariaBGREastern Europe2.824
BoliviaBOLSouth America2.779
HaitiHTICaribbean2.743
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia2.506
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa2.480
PeruPERSouth America2.466
MaliMLIWestern Africa2.291
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa2.211
LebanonLBNWestern Asia2.165
GhanaGHAWestern Africa2.114
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa2.100
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia2.050
ArgentinaARGSouth America1.999
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa1.913
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia1.721
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa1.592
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa1.582
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia1.557

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Belarus3.971
  2. Iraq3.818
  3. United States3.291
  4. Montenegro3.253
  5. Poland3.122

Lowest

  1. Eritrea-3.276
  2. United Arab Emirates-3.068
  3. Qatar-3.048
  4. Singapore-3.035
  5. Oman-2.850

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.120. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 166values changed, of 176 in both
  • 54 · 112rose · fell
  • 10unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2020.

  • 173 distinct values among 176

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 1.557. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 176 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially with credit — and anything you publish that adapts it must carry the same licence.

Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2020). Mass Mobilization, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mass-mobilization/2020

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07Questions

Mass Mobilization, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mass mobilization in Mass Mobilization, 2020?

Belarus, at 3.971, of the 176 countries in the file.

What year does Mass Mobilization, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Mass Mobilization, 2020 cover?

176.

Where can I download Mass Mobilization, 2020?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Mass Mobilization, 2020 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Mass Mobilization, 2025.

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