Mauritania vs Pakistan: Clientelism Index

Mauritania

0.72

in 2025

Pakistan

0.724

in 2025

Mauritania rank

38th

Pakistan rank

37th

Clientelism Index over time

Mauritania
Pakistan

How they compare

Pakistan currently reports 0.724 against 0.72 in Mauritania, a difference of 0.004.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 79 shared years of data; in 1947 it was Pakistan ahead.

Mauritania ranks 38th and Pakistan ranks 37th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Mauritania
Clientelism Index in Pakistan
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.