Latvia vs Slovakia: Clientelism Index

Latvia

0.131

in 2025

Slovakia

0.143

in 2025

Latvia rank

147th

Slovakia rank

144th

Clientelism Index over time

Latvia
Slovakia

How they compare

Slovakia currently reports 0.143 against 0.131 in Latvia, a difference of 0.012.

That makes Slovakia's figure about 1.1 times Latvia's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1939 it was Slovakia ahead.

Latvia ranks 147th and Slovakia ranks 144th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Latvia
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.