Cyprus vs South Africa: Clientelism Index

Cyprus

0.232

in 2025

South Africa

0.259

in 2025

Cyprus rank

135th

South Africa rank

132nd

Clientelism Index over time

Cyprus
South Africa

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 0.259 against 0.232 in Cyprus, a difference of 0.027.

That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Cyprus's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Cyprus ahead.

Cyprus ranks 135th and South Africa ranks 132nd of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Cyprus
Clientelism Index in South Africa
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.