Australia vs Germany: Clientelism Index

Australia
0.056
in 2025
Germany
0.038
in 2025
Australia rank
170th
Germany rank
173rd

Clientelism Index over time

  • Australia
  • Germany
00.10.20.30.40.5178919072025

How they compare

Australia currently reports 0.056 against 0.038 in Germany, a difference of 0.018.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.5 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 191 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Germany ahead.

Australia ranks 170th and Germany ranks 173rd 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.