Cameroon vs Nicaragua: Clientelism Index

Cameroon

0.842

in 2025

Nicaragua

0.859

in 2025

Cameroon rank

16th

Nicaragua rank

13th

Clientelism Index over time

Cameroon
Nicaragua

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 0.859 against 0.842 in Cameroon, a difference of 0.017.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nicaragua ahead.

Cameroon ranks 16th and Nicaragua ranks 13th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Cameroon
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.