Bulgaria vs Ghana: Clientelism Index

Bulgaria

0.618

in 2025

Ghana

0.629

in 2025

Bulgaria rank

59th

Ghana rank

56th

Clientelism Index over time

Bulgaria
Ghana

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 0.629 against 0.618 in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.011.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 124 shared years of data; in 1902 it was Ghana ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 59th and Ghana ranks 56th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Bulgaria
Clientelism Index in Ghana
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.