Congo vs Turkmenistan: Clientelism Index

Congo

0.854

in 2025

Turkmenistan

0.846

in 2025

Congo rank

14th

Turkmenistan rank

15th

Clientelism Index over time

Congo
Turkmenistan

How they compare

Congo currently reports 0.854 against 0.846 in Turkmenistan, a difference of 0.008.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Turkmenistan ahead.

Congo ranks 14th and Turkmenistan ranks 15th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Congo
Clientelism Index in Turkmenistan
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.