Kenya vs Zambia: Clientelism Index

Kenya

0.487

in 2025

Zambia

0.488

in 2025

Kenya rank

90th

Zambia rank

89th

Clientelism Index over time

Kenya
Zambia

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 0.488 against 0.487 in Kenya, a difference of 0.001.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 115 shared years of data; in 1911 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 90th and Zambia ranks 89th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Kenya
Clientelism Index in Zambia
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.