Bulgaria vs Egypt: Clientelism Index

Bulgaria

0.618

in 2025

Egypt

0.6

in 2025

Bulgaria rank

59th

Egypt rank

60th

Clientelism Index over time

Bulgaria
Egypt

How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 0.618 against 0.6 in Egypt, a difference of 0.018.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 148 shared years of data; in 1878 it was Egypt ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 59th and Egypt ranks 60th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Bulgaria
Clientelism Index in Egypt
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.