Malaysia vs Vanuatu: Clientelism Index

Malaysia

0.43

in 2025

Vanuatu

0.421

in 2025

Malaysia rank

102nd

Vanuatu rank

103rd

Clientelism Index over time

Malaysia
Vanuatu

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 0.43 against 0.421 in Vanuatu, a difference of 0.009.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Malaysia ahead.

Malaysia ranks 102nd and Vanuatu ranks 103rd of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Malaysia
Clientelism Index in Vanuatu
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.