Kyrgyzstan vs Malawi: Clientelism Index

Kyrgyzstan

0.74

in 2025

Malawi

0.738

in 2025

Kyrgyzstan rank

33rd

Malawi rank

34th

Clientelism Index over time

Kyrgyzstan
Malawi

How they compare

Kyrgyzstan currently reports 0.74 against 0.738 in Malawi, a difference of 0.002.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Kyrgyzstan ahead.

Kyrgyzstan ranks 33rd and Malawi ranks 34th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Kyrgyzstan
Clientelism Index in Malawi
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.