Poland vs Seychelles: Clientelism Index

Poland
0.143
in 2025
Seychelles
0.184
in 2025
Poland rank
144th
Seychelles rank
141st

Clientelism Index over time

  • Poland
  • Seychelles
00.20.40.60.81178919072025

How they compare

Seychelles currently reports 0.184 against 0.143 in Poland, a difference of 0.041.

That makes Seychelles's figure about 1.3 times Poland's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 103 shared years of data; in 1918 it was Seychelles ahead.

Poland ranks 144th and Seychelles ranks 141st of 176 countries.

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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

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.