Japan vs Slovakia: Clientelism Index

Japan

0.14

in 2025

Slovakia

0.143

in 2025

Japan rank

146th

Slovakia rank

144th

Clientelism Index over time

Japan
Slovakia

How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1939 it was Slovakia ahead.

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

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Japan
Clientelism Index in Slovakia
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.