Barbados vs Taiwan: Clientelism Index

Barbados

0.28

in 2025

Taiwan

0.236

in 2025

Barbados rank

131st

Taiwan rank

134th

Clientelism Index over time

Barbados
Taiwan

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 0.28 against 0.236 in Taiwan, a difference of 0.044.

That makes Barbados's figure about 1.2 times Taiwan's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Taiwan ahead.

Barbados ranks 131st and Taiwan ranks 134th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Barbados
Clientelism Index in Taiwan
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.