Bahrain vs Thailand: Clientelism Index

Bahrain

0.572

in 2025

Thailand

0.578

in 2025

Bahrain rank

71st

Thailand rank

68th

Clientelism Index over time

Bahrain
Thailand

How they compare

Thailand currently reports 0.578 against 0.572 in Bahrain, a difference of 0.006.

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

Bahrain ranks 71st and Thailand ranks 68th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Bahrain
Clientelism Index in Thailand
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.