Eritrea vs South Sudan: Clientelism Index

Eritrea

0.884

in 2025

South Sudan

0.927

in 2025

Eritrea rank

5th

South Sudan rank

2nd

Clientelism Index over time

Eritrea
South Sudan

How they compare

South Sudan currently reports 0.927 against 0.884 in Eritrea, a difference of 0.043.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2011 it was South Sudan ahead.

Eritrea ranks 5th and South Sudan ranks 2nd of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Eritrea
Clientelism Index in South 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.