Ghana vs Qatar: Clientelism Index

Ghana

0.629

in 2025

Qatar

0.632

in 2025

Ghana rank

56th

Qatar rank

55th

Clientelism Index over time

Ghana
Qatar

How they compare

Qatar currently reports 0.632 against 0.629 in Ghana, a difference of 0.003.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 124 shared years of data; in 1902 it was Qatar ahead.

Ghana ranks 56th and Qatar ranks 55th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Ghana
Clientelism Index in Qatar
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.