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Mass Mobilization, 2021

2021, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mass Mobilization, 2021 covers 176 countries. Myanmar is highest, at 3.574; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at -3.068. The middle country reads -0.078. Against 2020, 159 values changed (82 up, 77 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mass Mobilization · Data for 2021

HighestMyanmar

3.574

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

-3.068

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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia3.574
ColombiaCOLSouth America3.276
SudanSDNNorthern Africa3.265
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe2.945
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2.866
HaitiHTICaribbean2.743
IraqIRQWestern Asia2.650
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia2.452
PolandPOLEastern Europe2.291
MaliMLIWestern Africa2.289
GuineaGINWestern Africa2.257
United StatesUSANorthern America2.199
PeruPERSouth America2.170
GhanaGHAWestern Africa2.114
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia2.024
ArgentinaARGSouth America1.999
ChadTCDMiddle Africa1.976
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa1.972
BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.935
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa1.929
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa1.913
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe1.812
LebanonLBNWestern Asia1.713
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa1.627
GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.597

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Myanmar3.574
  2. Colombia3.276
  3. Sudan3.265
  4. Slovenia2.945
  5. Thailand2.866

Lowest

  1. United Arab Emirates-3.068
  2. Saudi Arabia-3.057
  3. Singapore-3.035
  4. Oman-2.850
  5. Togo-2.791

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.078. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 159values changed, of 176 in both
  • 82 · 77rose · fell
  • 17unchanged

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 2021.

  • 171 distinct values among 176

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.519. 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 (2021). Mass Mobilization, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mass-mobilization/2021

0636 held

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07Questions

Mass Mobilization, 2021: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mass mobilization in Mass Mobilization, 2021?

Myanmar, at 3.574, of the 176 countries in the file.

What year does Mass Mobilization, 2021 describe?

2021.

How many countries does Mass Mobilization, 2021 cover?

176.

Where can I download Mass Mobilization, 2021?

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, 2021 the newest?

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

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