Japan vs Latvia: Clientelism Index

Japan

0.14

in 2025

Latvia

0.131

in 2025

Japan rank

146th

Latvia rank

147th

Clientelism Index over time

Japan
Latvia

How they compare

Japan currently reports 0.14 against 0.131 in Latvia, a difference of 0.009.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Latvia's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1920 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 146th and Latvia ranks 147th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Japan
Clientelism Index in Latvia
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.