Data for 2021
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.
Mass Mobilization · Data for 2021
HighestMyanmar
3.574LowestUnited Arab Emirates
-3.068Shaded 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
| 3.574 | |
| 3.276 | |
| 3.265 | |
| 2.945 | |
| 2.866 | |
| 2.743 | |
| 2.650 | |
| 2.452 | |
| 2.291 | |
| 2.289 | |
| 2.257 | |
| 2.199 | |
| 2.170 | |
| 2.114 | |
| 2.024 | |
| 1.999 | |
| 1.976 | |
| 1.972 | |
| 1.935 | |
| 1.929 | |
| 1.913 | |
| 1.812 | |
| 1.713 | |
| 1.627 | |
| 1.597 | |
| 1.582 | |
| 1.541 | |
| 1.372 | |
| 1.356 | |
| 1.354 | |
| 1.333 | |
| 1.289 | |
| 1.262 | |
| 1.257 | |
| 1.237 | |
| 1.168 | |
| 1.150 | |
| 1.136 | |
| 1.116 | |
| 1.100 | |
| 0.999 | |
| 0.935 | |
| 0.895 | |
| 0.827 | |
| 0.822 | |
| 0.819 | |
| 0.799 | |
| 0.795 | |
| 0.790 | |
| 0.746 | |
| 0.741 | |
| 0.727 | |
| 0.718 | |
| 0.646 | |
| 0.638 | |
| 0.615 | |
| 0.604 | |
| 0.594 | |
| 0.591 | |
| 0.588 | |
| 0.563 | |
| 0.536 | |
| 0.528 | |
| 0.519 | |
| 0.519 | |
| 0.508 | |
| 0.489 | |
| 0.476 | |
| 0.470 | |
| 0.407 | |
| 0.296 | |
| 0.289 | |
| 0.226 | |
| 0.184 | |
| 0.183 | |
| 0.177 | |
| 0.177 | |
| SomalilandXSLEastern Africa | 0.170 |
| 0.143 | |
| 0.142 | |
| 0.118 | |
| 0.042 | |
| 0.017 | |
| 0.006 | |
| -0.008 | |
| -0.019 | |
| -0.048 | |
| -0.074 | |
| -0.081 | |
| -0.083 | |
| -0.084 | |
| -0.163 | |
| -0.163 | |
| -0.168 | |
| -0.169 | |
| -0.172 | |
| -0.202 | |
| -0.227 | |
| -0.266 | |
| -0.268 | |
| -0.268 | |
| -0.272 | |
| -0.280 | |
| -0.280 | |
| -0.283 | |
| -0.329 | |
| -0.352 | |
| -0.357 | |
| -0.374 | |
| -0.380 | |
| -0.431 | |
| -0.475 | |
| -0.484 | |
| -0.510 | |
| -0.511 | |
| -0.512 | |
| -0.520 | |
| -0.568 | |
| -0.578 | |
| -0.627 | |
| -0.635 | |
| -0.652 | |
| -0.659 | |
| -0.663 | |
| -0.745 | |
| -0.826 | |
| -0.899 | |
| -0.902 | |
| -0.905 | |
| -0.908 | |
| -0.932 | |
| -0.939 | |
| -0.959 | |
| -0.970 | |
| -0.975 | |
| -0.978 | |
| -0.997 | |
| -1.033 | |
| -1.098 | |
| -1.110 | |
| -1.148 | |
| -1.180 | |
| -1.203 | |
| -1.211 | |
| -1.237 | |
| -1.250 | |
| -1.251 | |
| -1.342 | |
| -1.389 | |
| -1.416 | |
| -1.465 | |
| -1.511 | |
| -1.596 | |
| -1.602 | |
| -1.615 | |
| -1.642 | |
| -1.644 | |
| -1.720 | |
| -1.737 | |
| -1.758 | |
| -1.777 | |
| -1.822 | |
| -1.857 | |
| -1.940 | |
| -1.968 | |
| -2.019 | |
| -2.208 | |
| -2.311 | |
| -2.377 | |
| -2.488 | |
| -2.584 | |
| -2.791 | |
| -2.850 | |
| -3.035 | |
| -3.057 | |
| -3.068 |
02In 2021
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Lowest
United Arab Emirates-3.068
Saudi Arabia-3.057
Singapore-3.035
Oman-2.850
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
Myanmar0.156 → 3.574+3.418
Solomon Islands-2.212 → 0.638+2.850
El Salvador-1.621 → 1.100+2.721
Lithuania-0.990 → 1.289+2.279
Trinidad and Tobago-2.813 → -0.659+2.154
Fell most
Belarus3.971 → 0.591−3.380
Montenegro3.253 → 0.563−2.690
Kyrgyzstan2.506 → -0.169−2.675
Dominican Republic0.737 → -1.737−2.474
Togo-0.457 → -2.791−2.334
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.
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.
- .csv
For a spreadsheet or code
176 rows · 4.8 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel
Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.
Download mass-mobilization-2021-nations-inquiry.csv - ↗
The publisher’s original
V-Dem Institute’s own file, on its own site.
V-Dem-CY-FullOthers-v16_csv.zip
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
Other years
‹ The year before
Mass Mobilization, 2020176 countries
The year after ›
Mass Mobilization, 2022176 countries
All of them
Mass Mobilization: every year36 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
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.