Bhutan vs Laos: Clientelism Index

Bhutan

0.333

in 2025

Laos

0.298

in 2025

Bhutan rank

122nd

Laos rank

125th

Clientelism Index over time

Bhutan
Laos

How they compare

Bhutan currently reports 0.333 against 0.298 in Laos, a difference of 0.035.

That makes Bhutan's figure about 1.1 times Laos's.

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

Bhutan ranks 122nd and Laos ranks 125th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Bhutan
Clientelism Index in Laos
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.