Bahrain vs Ethiopia: Clientelism Index

Bahrain

0.572

in 2025

Ethiopia

0.574

in 2025

Bahrain rank

71st

Ethiopia rank

69th

Clientelism Index over time

Bahrain
Ethiopia

How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 0.574 against 0.572 in Bahrain, a difference of 0.002.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Bahrain ranks 71st and Ethiopia ranks 69th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Bahrain
Clientelism Index in Ethiopia
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.