Malaysia vs Senegal: Clientelism Index

Malaysia

0.43

in 2025

Senegal

0.443

in 2025

Malaysia rank

102nd

Senegal rank

99th

Clientelism Index over time

Malaysia
Senegal

How they compare

Senegal currently reports 0.443 against 0.43 in Malaysia, a difference of 0.013.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 122 shared years of data; in 1904 it was Malaysia ahead.

Malaysia ranks 102nd and Senegal ranks 99th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Malaysia
Clientelism Index in Senegal
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.