Lebanon vs Yemen: Clientelism Index

Lebanon

0.882

in 2025

Yemen

0.879

in 2025

Lebanon rank

6th

Yemen rank

7th

Clientelism Index over time

Lebanon
Yemen

How they compare

Lebanon currently reports 0.882 against 0.879 in Yemen, a difference of 0.003.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Lebanon ahead.

Lebanon ranks 6th and Yemen ranks 7th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Lebanon
Clientelism Index in Yemen
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.