Spain vs United States: Clientelism Index

Spain

0.1

in 2025

United States

0.105

in 2025

Spain rank

155th

United States rank

152nd

Clientelism Index over time

Spain
United States

How they compare

United States currently reports 0.105 against 0.1 in Spain, a difference of 0.005.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Spain ahead.

Spain ranks 155th and United States ranks 152nd of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Spain
Clientelism Index in United States
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.