Bulgaria vs North Macedonia: Clientelism Index

Bulgaria

0.618

in 2025

North Macedonia

0.619

in 2025

Bulgaria rank

59th

North Macedonia rank

58th

Clientelism Index over time

Bulgaria
North Macedonia

How they compare

North Macedonia currently reports 0.619 against 0.618 in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.001.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 59th and North Macedonia ranks 58th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Bulgaria
Clientelism Index in North Macedonia
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.