Eswatini vs Tajikistan: Clientelism Index

Eswatini

0.705

in 2025

Tajikistan

0.719

in 2025

Eswatini rank

42nd

Tajikistan rank

39th

Clientelism Index over time

Eswatini
Tajikistan

How they compare

Tajikistan currently reports 0.719 against 0.705 in Eswatini, a difference of 0.014.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Eswatini ahead.

Eswatini ranks 42nd and Tajikistan ranks 39th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Eswatini
Clientelism Index in Tajikistan
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.