Equatorial Guinea vs Iraq: Clientelism Index

Equatorial Guinea

0.794

in 2025

Iraq

0.802

in 2025

Equatorial Guinea rank

22nd

Iraq rank

21st

Clientelism Index over time

Equatorial Guinea
Iraq

How they compare

Iraq currently reports 0.802 against 0.794 in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.008.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 106 shared years of data; in 1920 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 22nd and Iraq ranks 21st of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Equatorial Guinea
Clientelism Index in Iraq
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.