Italy vs Singapore: Clientelism Index

Italy
0.218
in 2025
Singapore
0.23
in 2025
Italy rank
138th
Singapore rank
136th

Clientelism Index over time

  • Italy
  • Singapore
0.20.40.60.8186119432025

How they compare

Singapore currently reports 0.23 against 0.218 in Italy, a difference of 0.012.

That makes Singapore's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 159 shared years of data; in 1867 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 138th and Singapore ranks 136th of 176 countries.

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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.