Gambia vs Lesotho: Clientelism Index

Gambia

0.373

in 2025

Lesotho

0.372

in 2025

Gambia rank

115th

Lesotho rank

116th

Clientelism Index over time

Gambia
Lesotho

How they compare

Gambia currently reports 0.373 against 0.372 in Lesotho, a difference of 0.001.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Gambia ahead.

Gambia ranks 115th and Lesotho ranks 116th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Gambia
Clientelism Index in Lesotho
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.