Iceland vs Uruguay: Clientelism Index

Iceland

0.086

in 2025

Uruguay

0.085

in 2025

Iceland rank

158th

Uruguay rank

159th

Clientelism Index over time

Iceland
Uruguay

How they compare

Iceland currently reports 0.086 against 0.085 in Uruguay, a difference of 0.001.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Uruguay ahead.

Iceland ranks 158th and Uruguay ranks 159th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Iceland
Clientelism Index in Uruguay
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.