El Salvador vs Sierra Leone: Clientelism Index

El Salvador
0.546
in 2025
Sierra Leone
0.539
in 2025
El Salvador rank
77th
Sierra Leone rank
79th

Clientelism Index over time

  • El Salvador
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.546 against 0.539 in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.007.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 77th and Sierra Leone ranks 79th of 176 countries.

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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

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.