China vs Seychelles: Clientelism Index

China

0.195

in 2025

Seychelles

0.184

in 2025

China rank

140th

Seychelles rank

141st

Clientelism Index over time

China
Seychelles

How they compare

China currently reports 0.195 against 0.184 in Seychelles, a difference of 0.011.

That makes China's figure about 1.1 times Seychelles's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was China ahead.

China ranks 140th and Seychelles ranks 141st of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in China
Clientelism Index in Seychelles
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.