Egypt vs Sudan: Clientelism Index

Egypt

0.6

in 2025

Sudan

0.598

in 2025

Egypt rank

60th

Sudan rank

61st

Clientelism Index over time

Egypt
Sudan

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 0.6 against 0.598 in Sudan, a difference of 0.002.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Sudan ahead.

Egypt ranks 60th and Sudan ranks 61st of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Egypt
Clientelism Index in Sudan
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.