Kenya vs Russia: Clientelism Index

Kenya

0.487

in 2025

Russia

0.485

in 2025

Kenya rank

90th

Russia rank

91st

Clientelism Index over time

Kenya
Russia

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 0.487 against 0.485 in Russia, a difference of 0.002.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 90th and Russia ranks 91st of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Kenya
Clientelism Index in Russia
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.