Costa Rica vs Latvia: Clientelism Index

Costa Rica

0.129

in 2025

Latvia

0.131

in 2025

Costa Rica rank

149th

Latvia rank

147th

Clientelism Index over time

Costa Rica
Latvia

How they compare

Latvia currently reports 0.131 against 0.129 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.002.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1920 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 149th and Latvia ranks 147th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Costa Rica
Clientelism Index in Latvia
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.