Brazil vs East Timor: Clientelism Index

Brazil

0.409

in 2025

East Timor

0.412

in 2025

Brazil rank

107th

East Timor rank

105th

Clientelism Index over time

Brazil
East Timor

How they compare

East Timor currently reports 0.412 against 0.409 in Brazil, a difference of 0.003.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 107th and East Timor ranks 105th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Brazil
Clientelism Index in East Timor
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.