Which has higher clientelism index, Albania or Equatorial Guinea?

Equatorial Guinea, at 0.794 against 0.769 in Albania as of 2025.

What is the difference in clientelism index between Albania and Equatorial Guinea?

0.025, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Albania and Equatorial Guinea?

114 years are reported by both, from 1912 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Clientelism Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Albania vs Equatorial Guinea: Clientelism Index

Albania

0.769

in 2025

Equatorial Guinea

0.794

in 2025

Albania rank

25th

Equatorial Guinea rank

22nd

Clientelism Index over time

Albania
Equatorial Guinea

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 0.794 against 0.769 in Albania, a difference of 0.025.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 114 shared years of data; in 1912 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Albania ranks 25th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 22nd of 176 countries.

Equatorial Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 12 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Albania	Equatorial Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1910s	0.7731	0.904	0.1309	Equatorial Guinea
1920s	0.6648	0.904	0.2392	Equatorial Guinea
1930s	0.6329	0.904	0.2711	Equatorial Guinea
1940s	0.4044	0.904	0.4996	Equatorial Guinea
1950s	0.1658	0.904	0.7382	Equatorial Guinea
1960s	0.1559	0.8527	0.6968	Equatorial Guinea
1970s	0.1549	0.9097	0.7548	Equatorial Guinea
1980s	0.173	0.8881	0.7151	Equatorial Guinea
1990s	0.5768	0.8729	0.2961	Equatorial Guinea
2000s	0.6308	0.8637	0.2329	Equatorial Guinea
2010s	0.7001	0.8572	0.1571	Equatorial Guinea
2020s	0.7375	0.8137	0.0762	Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher clientelism index, Albania or Equatorial Guinea?: Equatorial Guinea, at 0.794 against 0.769 in Albania as of 2025.
What is the difference in clientelism index between Albania and Equatorial Guinea?: 0.025, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Albania and Equatorial Guinea?: 114 years are reported by both, from 1912 to 2025.
How do Albania and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for clientelism index?: Albania ranks 25th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 22nd of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Clientelism Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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: 18 September 2026

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.