Trend · rank 25 of 250

Civil unrest & protest mobilisation

Inequality, cost-of-living pressure and easier mobilisation are sustaining protest and disorder, testing the ability of governments to respond to grievances while keeping public order and protecting legitimate participation.

Governance & IntegrityState capacity & governancepoliticsinequalityinstitutions

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass, where it was Civil unrest. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
25of 250
Sensitivity
18.3rank 30
Breadth
2of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
60.1rank 22
Eigenvector
71.2
Betweenness
6.7
Links
18trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
40.4

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
80
Over a year
−12%Steady
Over three years
−22%
Peak
8374 Aug 2024
Sources
Bothagreement 0.07
Coverage
17languages · 51 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (17 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English51%109+10%
German8%80−7%
Spanish8%85+1%
Russian7%104−0%
Japanese6%110−3%
Persian5%104+40%
French4%121+23%
Chinese3%87−30%
Arabic2%138+27%
Hebrew1%90+1%
Portuguese1%96−5%
Italian1%77−24%
Dutch1%87−5%
Turkish1%92+1%
Polish1%130−6%
Ukrainian1%155+38%
Tamil0%296+162%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

Ireland

United Kingdom

United States

Kenya

Australia

Canada

Singapore

New Zealand

Ghana

South Africa

Serbia

United Arab Emirates

100

87

65

60

53

47

46

44

34

28

22

19

The 12 highest of 51 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English77+13%−15%−24%
EuropeGoogle in 9 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch91+20%−17%−23%
ChinaGoogle in 1 country66−48%−25%+57%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 11 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese99+7%−28%+6%
South AsiaGoogle in 3 countries + Wikipedia in Tamil224+138%+86%+311%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 5 countries + Wikipedia in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew93−2%−5%−9%
AfricaGoogle in 5 countries70−49%−7%+14%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese93+6%−1%−19%
Russia and EurasiaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian116+43%+21%−9%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
ArgentinaGoogle97+3%+12%−26%
AustraliaGoogle54+19%−65%−48%
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese92+17%−17%−12%
CanadaGoogle50+4%−51%−60%
ChinaGoogle66−48%−25%+57%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French114+66%−20%−6%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German81+4%−5%−41%
IndiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Tamil236+153%+86%+307%
IndonesiaGoogle96+43%−52%−9%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian74−7%−49%−23%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese118+11%+2%+35%
South KoreaGoogle124+111%+36%+106%
MexicoGoogle81−21%−2%−28%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian104+15%−0%−22%
Saudi ArabiaGoogle82−15%−25%+10%
South AfricaGoogle108−58%+50%+57%
TürkiyeGoogle + Wikipedia in Turkish80−10%−6%−42%
United KingdomGoogle31−41%−71%−58%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English75+13%−12%−23%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
5 · Very highA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
4 · HighTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
3 · ModerateA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
2 · LowA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
2 · LowAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
2 · LowA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
2 · LowA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
1 · Very lowA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
1 · Very lowA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
4 · HighState capacity & deliveryState capacity & governance1
4 · HighRule of law & judicial independenceState capacity & governance3
4 · HighExecutive overreach & emergency powersState capacity & governance4
4 · HighCorruption & state captureState capacity & governance5
4 · HighSocial protection coverage gapsState capacity & governance13
4 · HighErosion of rights & civic freedomsState capacity & governance14
4 · HighPolarisation & populismState capacity & governance15
4 · HighFiscal rules & budget credibilityState capacity & governance17
4 · HighCitizen participation & deliberative democracyState capacity & governance60
4 · HighCentral bank independence under pressureState capacity & governance64
3 · ModerateCivil service capability & payState capacity & governance2
3 · ModerateDeclining institutional trustInformation & trust7
3 · ModerateRegulatory capture & lobbying powerState capacity & governance8
3 · ModerateLocal & city government capacityState capacity & governance11
3 · ModerateOfficial statistics & data capacityState capacity & governance21
3 · ModerateElection integrity & interferenceInformation & trust57
3 · ModerateStructural inflation pressureMoney & debt76
3 · ModerateAsylum & migration system strainState capacity & governance115