Ireland vs Japan: Clientelism Index

Ireland

0.145

in 2025

Japan

0.14

in 2025

Ireland rank

143rd

Japan rank

146th

Clientelism Index over time

Ireland
Japan

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 0.145 against 0.14 in Japan, a difference of 0.005.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 107 shared years of data; in 1919 it was Japan ahead.

Ireland ranks 143rd and Japan ranks 146th of 176 regions.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Ireland
Clientelism Index in Japan
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.