Chad vs Eritrea: Clientelism Index

Chad

0.9

in 2025

Eritrea

0.884

in 2025

Chad rank

3rd

Eritrea rank

5th

Clientelism Index over time

Chad
Eritrea

How they compare

Chad currently reports 0.9 against 0.884 in Eritrea, a difference of 0.016.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 106 shared years of data; in 1920 it was Eritrea ahead.

Chad ranks 3rd and Eritrea ranks 5th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Chad
Clientelism Index in Eritrea
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.