Madagascar vs Nicaragua: Clientelism Index

Madagascar

0.867

in 2025

Nicaragua

0.859

in 2025

Madagascar rank

11th

Nicaragua rank

13th

Clientelism Index over time

Madagascar
Nicaragua

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 0.867 against 0.859 in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.008.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 188 shared years of data; in 1838 it was Nicaragua ahead.

Madagascar ranks 11th and Nicaragua ranks 13th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Madagascar
Clientelism Index in Nicaragua
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.