Finland vs Iceland: Clientelism Index

Finland

0.069

in 2025

Iceland

0.086

in 2025

Finland rank

161st

Iceland rank

158th

Clientelism Index over time

Finland
Iceland

How they compare

Iceland currently reports 0.086 against 0.069 in Finland, a difference of 0.017.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.2 times Finland's.

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

Finland ranks 161st and Iceland ranks 158th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Finland
Clientelism Index in Iceland
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.