"Country income group and regional classifications are taken from World Bank data sets, which use gross national income (GNI) per capita to classify every economy"
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Number of protest worldwide 2005-2022, by country income group
From 2010 to 2013, high-income countries recorded the most protests, peaking at over **Â in 2011. Upper-middle-income countries also had their peak activity during this period. Conversely, low-income countries consistently reported only a small number of protests with minor fluctuations.
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Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, & World Protests. (February 12, 2023). Number of protest movements worldwide from 2005 to 2022, by country income group [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 30, 2026, from /statistics/1622122/number-of-protest-worldwide-by-region/
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