Costa Rica vs Japan: Clientelism Index

Costa Rica

0.129

in 2025

Japan

0.14

in 2025

Costa Rica rank

149th

Japan rank

146th

Clientelism Index over time

Costa Rica
Japan

How they compare

Japan currently reports 0.14 against 0.129 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.011.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 136 shared years of data; in 1890 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 149th and Japan ranks 146th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Costa Rica
Clientelism Index in Japan
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.