France vs Uruguay: Clientelism Index

France

0.073

in 2025

Uruguay

0.085

in 2025

France rank

160th

Uruguay rank

159th

Clientelism Index over time

France
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 0.085 against 0.073 in France, a difference of 0.012.

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

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

France ranks 160th and Uruguay ranks 159th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in France
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.