Estonia vs Portugal: Clientelism Index

Estonia

0.058

in 2025

Portugal

0.06

in 2025

Estonia rank

168th

Portugal rank

165th

Clientelism Index over time

Estonia
Portugal

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 0.06 against 0.058 in Estonia, a difference of 0.002.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1918 it was Portugal ahead.

Estonia ranks 168th and Portugal ranks 165th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Estonia
Clientelism Index in Portugal
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.