Bulgaria vs Panama: Clientelism Index

Bulgaria

0.618

in 2025

Panama

0.596

in 2025

Bulgaria rank

59th

Panama rank

62nd

Clientelism Index over time

Bulgaria
Panama

How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 0.618 against 0.596 in Panama, a difference of 0.022.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was Panama ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 59th and Panama ranks 62nd of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Bulgaria
Clientelism Index in Panama
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.