Sri Lanka vs United States: Clientelism Index

Sri Lanka

0.104

in 2025

United States

0.105

in 2025

Sri Lanka rank

154th

United States rank

152nd

Clientelism Index over time

Sri Lanka
United States

How they compare

United States currently reports 0.105 against 0.104 in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.001.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Sri Lanka ranks 154th and United States ranks 152nd of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Sri Lanka
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.