Malaysia vs East Timor: Clientelism Index

Malaysia

0.43

in 2025

East Timor

0.412

in 2025

Malaysia rank

102nd

East Timor rank

105th

Clientelism Index over time

Malaysia
East Timor

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 0.43 against 0.412 in East Timor, a difference of 0.018.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was East Timor ahead.

Malaysia ranks 102nd and East Timor ranks 105th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Malaysia
Clientelism Index in East Timor
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.