Ireland vs Seychelles: Clientelism Index

Ireland

0.145

in 2025

Seychelles

0.184

in 2025

Ireland rank

143rd

Seychelles rank

141st

Clientelism Index over time

Ireland
Seychelles

How they compare

Seychelles currently reports 0.184 against 0.145 in Ireland, a difference of 0.039.

That makes Seychelles's figure about 1.3 times Ireland's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 107 shared years of data; in 1919 it was Ireland ahead.

Ireland ranks 143rd and Seychelles ranks 141st of 176 regions.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Ireland
Clientelism Index in Seychelles
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.