Cyprus vs Italy: Clientelism Index

Cyprus
0.232
in 2025
Italy
0.218
in 2025
Cyprus rank
135th
Italy rank
138th

Clientelism Index over time

  • Cyprus
  • Italy
0.20.40.60.8186119432025

How they compare

Cyprus currently reports 0.232 against 0.218 in Italy, a difference of 0.014.

That makes Cyprus's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Cyprus ahead.

Cyprus ranks 135th and Italy ranks 138th of 176 countries.

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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

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.