Bangladesh vs Brazil: Clientelism Index

Bangladesh

0.396

in 2025

Brazil

0.409

in 2025

Bangladesh rank

110th

Brazil rank

107th

Clientelism Index over time

Bangladesh
Brazil

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 0.409 against 0.396 in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.013.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Brazil ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 110th and Brazil ranks 107th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Bangladesh
Clientelism Index in Brazil
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.