Benin vs Guyana: Clientelism Index

Benin

0.51

in 2025

Guyana

0.511

in 2025

Benin rank

85th

Guyana rank

83rd

Clientelism Index over time

Benin
Guyana

How they compare

Guyana currently reports 0.511 against 0.51 in Benin, a difference of 0.001.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 85th and Guyana ranks 83rd of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Benin
Clientelism Index in Guyana
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.