Gabon vs United Arab Emirates: Clientelism Index

Gabon

0.454

in 2025

United Arab Emirates

0.457

in 2025

Gabon rank

95th

United Arab Emirates rank

94th

Clientelism Index over time

Gabon
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 0.457 against 0.454 in Gabon, a difference of 0.003.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1971 it was United Arab Emirates ahead.

Gabon ranks 95th and United Arab Emirates ranks 94th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Gabon
Clientelism Index in United Arab Emirates
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.