Belarus vs Costa Rica: Clientelism Index

Belarus

0.118

in 2025

Costa Rica

0.129

in 2025

Belarus rank

151st

Costa Rica rank

149th

Clientelism Index over time

Belarus
Costa Rica

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.129 against 0.118 in Belarus, a difference of 0.011.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Belarus's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Belarus ranks 151st and Costa Rica ranks 149th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Belarus
Clientelism Index in Costa Rica
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.