Barbados vs South Africa: Clientelism Index
Barbados
0.28
in 2025
South Africa
0.259
in 2025
Barbados rank
131st
South Africa rank
132nd
Clientelism Index over time
- Barbados
- South Africa
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 0.28 against 0.259 in South Africa, a difference of 0.021.
That makes Barbados's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 131st and South Africa ranks 132nd of 176 countries.
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About this data
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.