Finland vs Uruguay: Clientelism Index

Finland

0.069

in 2025

Uruguay

0.085

in 2025

Finland rank

161st

Uruguay rank

159th

Clientelism Index over time

Finland
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 0.085 against 0.069 in Finland, a difference of 0.016.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 196 shared years of data; in 1830 it was Uruguay ahead.

Finland ranks 161st and Uruguay ranks 159th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Finland
Clientelism Index in Uruguay
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.