Ecuador vs Paraguay: Clientelism Index

Ecuador

0.663

in 2025

Paraguay

0.648

in 2025

Ecuador rank

50th

Paraguay rank

52nd

Clientelism Index over time

Ecuador
Paraguay

How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 0.663 against 0.648 in Paraguay, a difference of 0.015.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 196 shared years of data; in 1830 it was Ecuador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 50th and Paraguay ranks 52nd of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Ecuador
Clientelism Index in Paraguay
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.