Japan vs Poland: Clientelism Index

Japan

0.14

in 2025

Poland

0.143

in 2025

Japan rank

146th

Poland rank

144th

Clientelism Index over time

Japan
Poland

How they compare

Poland currently reports 0.143 against 0.14 in Japan, a difference of 0.003.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 103 shared years of data; in 1918 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 146th and Poland ranks 144th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Japan
Clientelism Index in Poland
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.