Bangladesh vs Cape Verde: Clientelism Index

Bangladesh

0.396

in 2025

Cape Verde

0.401

in 2025

Bangladesh rank

110th

Cape Verde rank

109th

Clientelism Index over time

Bangladesh
Cape Verde

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 0.401 against 0.396 in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.005.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Cape Verde ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 110th and Cape Verde ranks 109th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Bangladesh
Clientelism Index in Cape Verde
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.