Burundi vs Nicaragua: Clientelism Index

Burundi

0.862

in 2025

Nicaragua

0.859

in 2025

Burundi rank

12th

Nicaragua rank

13th

Clientelism Index over time

Burundi
Nicaragua

How they compare

Burundi currently reports 0.862 against 0.859 in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.003.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 110 shared years of data; in 1916 it was Nicaragua ahead.

Burundi ranks 12th and Nicaragua ranks 13th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Burundi
Clientelism Index in Nicaragua
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.