Niger vs Romania: Clientelism Index

Niger

0.366

in 2025

Romania

0.356

in 2025

Niger rank

117th

Romania rank

119th

Clientelism Index over time

Niger
Romania

How they compare

Niger currently reports 0.366 against 0.356 in Romania, a difference of 0.01.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 104 shared years of data; in 1922 it was Niger ahead.

Niger ranks 117th and Romania ranks 119th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Niger
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.