Ecuador vs Guinea-Bissau: Clientelism Index

Ecuador

0.663

in 2025

Guinea-Bissau

0.651

in 2025

Ecuador rank

50th

Guinea-Bissau rank

51st

Clientelism Index over time

Ecuador
Guinea-Bissau

How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 0.663 against 0.651 in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.012.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Ecuador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 50th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 51st of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Ecuador
Clientelism Index in Guinea-Bissau
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.