Comoros vs Zimbabwe: Clientelism Index

Comoros

0.705

in 2025

Zimbabwe

0.703

in 2025

Comoros rank

42nd

Zimbabwe rank

44th

Clientelism Index over time

Comoros
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Comoros currently reports 0.705 against 0.703 in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.002.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 94 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Comoros ahead.

Comoros ranks 42nd and Zimbabwe ranks 44th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Comoros
Clientelism Index in Zimbabwe
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.