Australia vs Canada: Clientelism Index

Australia

0.056

in 2025

Canada

0.058

in 2025

Australia rank

170th

Canada rank

168th

Clientelism Index over time

Australia
Canada

How they compare

Canada currently reports 0.058 against 0.056 in Australia, a difference of 0.002.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 185 shared years of data; in 1841 it was Canada ahead.

Australia ranks 170th and Canada ranks 168th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Australia
Clientelism Index in Canada
Full country ranking

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: 07 August 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.