Guatemala vs Somalia: Clientelism Index

Guatemala

0.742

in 2025

Somalia

0.751

in 2025

Guatemala rank

31st

Somalia rank

29th

Clientelism Index over time

Guatemala
Somalia

How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 13 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Guatemala ahead.

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

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Guatemala
Clientelism Index in Somalia
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.