Congo vs Nicaragua: Clientelism Index

Congo

0.854

in 2025

Nicaragua

0.859

in 2025

Congo rank

14th

Nicaragua rank

13th

Clientelism Index over time

Congo
Nicaragua

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 0.859 against 0.854 in Congo, a difference of 0.005.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was Nicaragua ahead.

Congo ranks 14th and Nicaragua ranks 13th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Congo
Clientelism Index in Nicaragua
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.