Myanmar vs Papua New Guinea: Clientelism Index

Myanmar

0.878

in 2025

Papua New Guinea

0.869

in 2025

Myanmar rank

8th

Papua New Guinea rank

10th

Clientelism Index over time

Myanmar
Papua New Guinea

How they compare

Myanmar currently reports 0.878 against 0.869 in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.009.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Myanmar ranks 8th and Papua New Guinea ranks 10th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Myanmar
Clientelism Index in Papua New Guinea
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.