Namibia vs Romania: Clientelism Index

Namibia

0.348

in 2025

Romania

0.356

in 2025

Namibia rank

121st

Romania rank

119th

Clientelism Index over time

Namibia
Romania

How they compare

Romania currently reports 0.356 against 0.348 in Namibia, a difference of 0.008.

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

Namibia ranks 121st and Romania ranks 119th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Namibia
Clientelism Index in Romania
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.