Austria vs Spain: Clientelism Index

Austria

0.105

in 2025

Spain

0.1

in 2025

Austria rank

152nd

Spain rank

155th

Clientelism Index over time

Austria
Spain

How they compare

Austria currently reports 0.105 against 0.1 in Spain, a difference of 0.005.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 171 shared years of data; in 1848 it was Spain ahead.

Austria ranks 152nd and Spain ranks 155th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Austria
Clientelism Index in Spain
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.