Eswatini vs Zimbabwe: Clientelism Index

Eswatini

0.705

in 2025

Zimbabwe

0.703

in 2025

Eswatini rank

42nd

Zimbabwe rank

44th

Clientelism Index over time

Eswatini
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 0.705 against 0.703 in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.002.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Eswatini ahead.

Eswatini ranks 42nd and Zimbabwe ranks 44th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Eswatini
Clientelism Index in Zimbabwe
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.