Eritrea vs Yemen: Clientelism Index

Eritrea

0.884

in 2025

Yemen

0.879

in 2025

Eritrea rank

5th

Yemen rank

7th

Clientelism Index over time

Eritrea
Yemen

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 0.884 against 0.879 in Yemen, a difference of 0.005.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Eritrea ahead.

Eritrea ranks 5th and Yemen ranks 7th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Eritrea
Clientelism Index in Yemen
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.