China vs Malta: Clientelism Index

China

0.195

in 2025

Malta

0.226

in 2025

China rank

140th

Malta rank

137th

Clientelism Index over time

China
Malta

How they compare

Malta currently reports 0.226 against 0.195 in China, a difference of 0.031.

That makes Malta's figure about 1.2 times China's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Malta ahead.

China ranks 140th and Malta ranks 137th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in China
Clientelism Index in Malta
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.