Guatemala vs Liberia: Clientelism Index

Guatemala

0.742

in 2025

Liberia

0.751

in 2025

Guatemala rank

31st

Liberia rank

29th

Clientelism Index over time

Guatemala
Liberia

How they compare

Liberia currently reports 0.751 against 0.742 in Guatemala, a difference of 0.009.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 204 shared years of data; in 1821 it was Guatemala ahead.

Guatemala ranks 31st and Liberia ranks 29th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Guatemala
Clientelism Index in Liberia
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.