Bhutan vs Namibia: Clientelism Index

Bhutan

0.333

in 2025

Namibia

0.348

in 2025

Bhutan rank

122nd

Namibia rank

121st

Clientelism Index over time

Bhutan
Namibia

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 0.348 against 0.333 in Bhutan, a difference of 0.015.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Namibia ahead.

Bhutan ranks 122nd and Namibia ranks 121st of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Bhutan
Clientelism Index in Namibia
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.