Chile vs Uruguay: Clientelism Index

Chile

0.088

in 2025

Uruguay

0.085

in 2025

Chile rank

157th

Uruguay rank

159th

Clientelism Index over time

Chile
Uruguay

How they compare

Chile currently reports 0.088 against 0.085 in Uruguay, a difference of 0.003.

The two have swapped places 18 times across 196 shared years of data; in 1830 it was Chile ahead.

Chile ranks 157th and Uruguay ranks 159th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Chile
Clientelism Index in Uruguay
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.