Guinea vs Sierra Leone: Clientelism Index

Guinea

0.536

in 2025

Sierra Leone

0.539

in 2025

Guinea rank

80th

Sierra Leone rank

79th

Clientelism Index over time

Guinea
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 0.539 against 0.536 in Guinea, a difference of 0.003.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Guinea ahead.

Guinea ranks 80th and Sierra Leone ranks 79th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Guinea
Clientelism Index in Sierra Leone
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.