Finland vs France: Clientelism Index

Finland

0.069

in 2025

France

0.073

in 2025

Finland rank

161st

France rank

160th

Clientelism Index over time

Finland
France

How they compare

France currently reports 0.073 against 0.069 in Finland, a difference of 0.004.

That makes France's figure about 1.1 times Finland's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 217 shared years of data; in 1809 it was France ahead.

Finland ranks 161st and France ranks 160th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Finland
Clientelism Index in France
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.