Libya vs Maldives: Clientelism Index

Libya

0.366

in 2025

Maldives

0.38

in 2025

Libya rank

117th

Maldives rank

114th

Clientelism Index over time

Libya
Maldives

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 0.38 against 0.366 in Libya, a difference of 0.014.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 83 shared years of data; in 1934 it was Libya ahead.

Libya ranks 117th and Maldives ranks 114th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Libya
Clientelism Index in Maldives
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.