Botswana vs Maldives: Clientelism Index

Botswana

0.395

in 2025

Maldives

0.38

in 2025

Botswana rank

112th

Maldives rank

114th

Clientelism Index over time

Botswana
Maldives

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 0.395 against 0.38 in Maldives, a difference of 0.015.

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

Botswana ranks 112th and Maldives ranks 114th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Botswana
Clientelism Index in Maldives
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.