Cuba vs Guyana: Clientelism Index

Cuba

0.506

in 2025

Guyana

0.511

in 2025

Cuba rank

86th

Guyana rank

83rd

Clientelism Index over time

Cuba
Guyana

How they compare

Guyana currently reports 0.511 against 0.506 in Cuba, a difference of 0.005.

The two have swapped places 19 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Cuba ahead.

Cuba ranks 86th and Guyana ranks 83rd of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Cuba
Clientelism Index in Guyana
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.