Mauritius vs Namibia: Clientelism Index

Mauritius

0.314

in 2025

Namibia

0.348

in 2025

Mauritius rank

123rd

Namibia rank

121st

Clientelism Index over time

Mauritius
Namibia

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 0.348 against 0.314 in Mauritius, a difference of 0.034.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times Mauritius's.

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

Mauritius ranks 123rd and Namibia ranks 121st of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Mauritius
Clientelism Index in Namibia
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.