Haiti vs Papua New Guinea: Clientelism Index

Haiti
0.877
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
0.869
in 2025
Haiti rank
9th
Papua New Guinea rank
10th

Clientelism Index over time

  • Haiti
  • Papua New Guinea
00.20.40.60.81178919072025

How they compare

Haiti currently reports 0.877 against 0.869 in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.008.

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

Haiti ranks 9th and Papua New Guinea ranks 10th of 176 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Haiti averaged higher in 2 and Papua New Guinea in 11.

Head to head by decade

Decade Haiti Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1900s 0.8913 0.82 0.0713 Haiti
1910s 0.8195 0.82 0.0005 Papua New Guinea
1920s 0.759 0.82 0.061 Papua New Guinea
1930s 0.7679 0.82 0.0521 Papua New Guinea
1940s 0.7919 0.82 0.0281 Papua New Guinea
1950s 0.8256 0.8566 0.031 Papua New Guinea
1960s 0.8344 0.8689 0.0345 Papua New Guinea
1970s 0.8065 0.7946 0.0119 Haiti
1980s 0.8068 0.8442 0.0374 Papua New Guinea
1990s 0.7873 0.8803 0.093 Papua New Guinea
2000s 0.8176 0.8711 0.0535 Papua New Guinea
2010s 0.8505 0.885 0.0345 Papua New Guinea
2020s 0.852 0.8707 0.0187 Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher clientelism index, Haiti or Papua New Guinea?
Haiti, at 0.877 against 0.869 in Papua New Guinea as of 2025.
What is the difference in clientelism index between Haiti and Papua New Guinea?
0.008, with Haiti ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and Papua New Guinea?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Haiti and Papua New Guinea rank globally for clientelism index?
Haiti ranks 9th and Papua New Guinea ranks 10th of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Clientelism Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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

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.