Bolivia vs Brazil: Clientelism Index

Bolivia

0.419

in 2025

Brazil

0.409

in 2025

Bolivia rank

104th

Brazil rank

107th

Clientelism Index over time

Bolivia
Brazil

How they compare

Bolivia currently reports 0.419 against 0.409 in Brazil, a difference of 0.01.

The two have swapped places 18 times across 201 shared years of data; in 1825 it was Bolivia ahead.

Bolivia ranks 104th and Brazil ranks 107th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Bolivia
Clientelism Index in Brazil
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.