Rwanda vs Trinidad and Tobago: Clientelism Index

Rwanda

0.298

in 2025

Trinidad and Tobago

0.309

in 2025

Rwanda rank

125th

Trinidad and Tobago rank

124th

Clientelism Index over time

Rwanda
Trinidad and Tobago

How they compare

Trinidad and Tobago currently reports 0.309 against 0.298 in Rwanda, a difference of 0.011.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 110 shared years of data; in 1916 it was Trinidad and Tobago ahead.

Rwanda ranks 125th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 124th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Rwanda
Clientelism Index in Trinidad and Tobago
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.