Egypt vs Kuwait: Clientelism Index

Egypt

0.6

in 2025

Kuwait

0.596

in 2025

Egypt rank

60th

Kuwait rank

62nd

Clientelism Index over time

Egypt
Kuwait

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 0.6 against 0.596 in Kuwait, a difference of 0.004.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Kuwait ahead.

Egypt ranks 60th and Kuwait ranks 62nd of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Egypt
Clientelism Index in Kuwait
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.