Botswana vs Gambia: Clientelism Index

Botswana

0.395

in 2025

Gambia

0.373

in 2025

Botswana rank

112th

Gambia rank

115th

Clientelism Index over time

Botswana
Gambia

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 0.395 against 0.373 in Gambia, a difference of 0.022.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.1 times Gambia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Gambia ahead.

Botswana ranks 112th and Gambia ranks 115th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Botswana
Clientelism Index in Gambia
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.