Russia vs United Arab Emirates: Clientelism Index

Russia

0.485

in 2025

United Arab Emirates

0.457

in 2025

Russia rank

91st

United Arab Emirates rank

94th

Clientelism Index over time

Russia
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

Russia currently reports 0.485 against 0.457 in United Arab Emirates, a difference of 0.028.

That makes Russia's figure about 1.1 times United Arab Emirates's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1971 it was United Arab Emirates ahead.

Russia ranks 91st and United Arab Emirates ranks 94th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Russia
Clientelism Index in United Arab Emirates
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.