Afghanistan vs Venezuela: Clientelism Index

Afghanistan
0.948
in 2025
Venezuela
0.898
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
1st
Venezuela rank
4th

Clientelism Index over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Venezuela
0.20.40.60.81178919072025

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 0.948 against 0.898 in Venezuela, a difference of 0.05.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.1 times Venezuela's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 227 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 1st and Venezuela ranks 4th of 176 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Clientelism Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 24,366 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Composite index measuring the extent to which politics hinge on clientelistic exchanges of targeted goods, jobs, or cash for electoral support; higher values denote more pervasive clientelism.