Belarus vs United States: Clientelism Index

Belarus

0.118

in 2025

United States

0.105

in 2025

Belarus rank

151st

United States rank

152nd

Clientelism Index over time

Belarus
United States

How they compare

Belarus currently reports 0.118 against 0.105 in United States, a difference of 0.013.

That makes Belarus's figure about 1.1 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Belarus ahead.

Belarus ranks 151st and United States ranks 152nd of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Belarus
Clientelism Index in United States
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.