The Arab Spring was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings and armed rebellions that spread across the Middle East in early 2011.
The term “Arab Spring” was popularized by the Western media in early 2011 when the successful uprising in Tunisia against former leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali emboldened similar anti-government protests in most Arab countries.
| Country | Date started | Status of protests | Death toll |
| Tunisia | 18 Dec 2010 | Government overthrown on 14 January 2011 | 338 |
| Algeria | 29 Dec 2010 | Ended in January 2012 | 8 |
| Jordan | 14 Jan 2011 | Ended | 3 |
| Oman | 17 Jan 2011 | Ended in May 2011 | 2–6 |
| Egypt | 25 Jan2011 | The governments overthrown on February 2011, the Egyptian Crisis follows | 846 |
| Yemen | 27 Jan 2011 | Government overthrown on February 2012. Yemeni Crisis follows. | 10,000+ |
| Djibouti | 28 Jan 2011 | Ended in March 2011 | 2 |
| Sudan | 30 Jan 2011 | 26 October 2013 | 200+ |
| Iraq | 12 Feb 2011 | Ended 23 December 2011, instability and eventually civil war follows | 35+72,056 |
| Bahrain | 14 Feb 2011 | 18 March 2011 | 120 |
| Libya | 17 Feb 2011 | Government overthrown on 23 August 2011, crisis follows | 40,000+ |
| Kuwait | 19 Feb 2011 | Ended in December 2012 | 0 |
| Morocco | 20 Feb 2011 | Ended in March–April 2012 | 6 |
| Mauritania | 25 Feb 2011 | Ended | 3 |
| Lebanon | 27 Feb 2011 | Ended in December 2011 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 11 Mar 2011 | Ended | 24 |
| Syria | 26 Jan 2011 | Civil uprising, which transformed into Syrian Civil War in July–August 2011 | 400,000+ |
| Iranian Khuzestan | 15 Apr 2011 | Ended on 18 April 2011 | 12 |
| Borders of Israel | 15 May 2011 | Ended on 5 June 2011 | 35 |
| Palestinian Authority | 10 Feb2011 | 5 October 2012 | 0 |
