France vs Iceland: Clientelism Index

France

0.073

in 2025

Iceland

0.086

in 2025

France rank

160th

Iceland rank

158th

Clientelism Index over time

France
Iceland

How they compare

Iceland currently reports 0.086 against 0.073 in France, a difference of 0.013.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Iceland ahead.

France ranks 160th and Iceland ranks 158th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in France
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.