Panama vs Sudan: Clientelism Index

Panama

0.596

in 2025

Sudan

0.598

in 2025

Panama rank

62nd

Sudan rank

61st

Clientelism Index over time

Panama
Sudan

How they compare

Sudan currently reports 0.598 against 0.596 in Panama, a difference of 0.002.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was Panama ahead.

Panama ranks 62nd and Sudan ranks 61st of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Panama
Clientelism Index in Sudan
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.