Eritrea vs Venezuela: Clientelism Index

Eritrea

0.884

in 2025

Venezuela

0.898

in 2025

Eritrea rank

5th

Venezuela rank

4th

Clientelism Index over time

Eritrea
Venezuela

How they compare

Venezuela currently reports 0.898 against 0.884 in Eritrea, a difference of 0.014.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Venezuela ahead.

Eritrea ranks 5th and Venezuela ranks 4th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Eritrea
Clientelism Index in Venezuela
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.