What is clientelism index in Dominican Republic?

Clientelism index in Dominican Republic was 0.841 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest clientelism index recorded in Dominican Republic?

The highest recorded value was 0.966 in 1844.

What is the lowest clientelism index recorded in Dominican Republic?

The lowest recorded value was 0.604 in 1963.

How does Dominican Republic rank for clientelism index?

Dominican Republic ranks 17th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is clientelism index rising or falling in Dominican Republic?

Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?

The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Clientelism Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Clientelism Index in Dominican Republic

Name: Clientelism Index in Dominican Republic
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Dominican Republic: Clientelism Index was 0.841 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)

0.841

Change on year

up 5.9%

World rank

17th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.966

in 1844

All-time low

0.604

in 1963

Years of data

178

1844–2025

Clientelism Index in Dominican Republic, 1844–2025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

Dominican Republic recorded 0.841 for clientelism index in 2025.

The figure is up 5.9% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, clientelism index in Dominican Republic peaked at 0.966 in 1844 and was at its lowest, 0.604, in 1963.

Dominican Republic ranks 17th of 176 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 178 years of available data.

Clientelism Index in Dominican Republic, year by year

Annual values for Clientelism Index in Dominican Republic, 1844 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1844	0.966	—
1845	0.959	-0.7%
1846	0.959	+0.0%
1847	0.959	+0.0%
1848	0.96	+0.1%
1849	0.962	+0.2%
1850	0.962	+0.0%
1851	0.962	+0.0%
1852	0.962	+0.0%
1853	0.963	+0.1%
1854	0.963	+0.0%
1855	0.963	+0.0%
1856	0.963	+0.0%
1857	0.963	+0.0%
1858	0.963	+0.0%
1859	0.961	-0.2%
1860	0.961	+0.0%
1865	0.924	-3.9%
1866	0.904	-2.2%
1867	0.904	+0.0%
1868	0.904	+0.0%
1869	0.904	+0.0%
1870	0.904	+0.0%
1871	0.904	+0.0%
1872	0.904	+0.0%
1873	0.904	+0.0%
1874	0.898	-0.7%
1875	0.897	-0.1%
1876	0.897	+0.0%
1877	0.896	-0.1%
1878	0.895	-0.1%
1879	0.894	-0.1%
1880	0.898	+0.4%
1881	0.901	+0.3%
1882	0.898	-0.3%
1883	0.894	-0.4%
1884	0.895	+0.1%
1885	0.895	+0.0%
1886	0.901	+0.7%
1887	0.901	+0.0%
1888	0.899	-0.2%
1889	0.893	-0.7%
1890	0.893	+0.0%
1891	0.893	+0.0%
1892	0.902	+1.0%
1893	0.902	+0.0%
1894	0.902	+0.0%
1895	0.902	+0.0%
1896	0.902	+0.0%
1897	0.902	+0.0%
1898	0.902	+0.0%
1899	0.901	-0.1%
1900	0.9	-0.1%
1901	0.9	+0.0%
1902	0.9	+0.0%
1903	0.9	+0.0%
1904	0.9	+0.0%
1905	0.9	+0.0%
1906	0.9	+0.0%
1907	0.9	+0.0%
1908	0.912	+1.3%
1909	0.918	+0.7%
1910	0.918	+0.0%
1911	0.918	+0.0%
1912	0.921	+0.3%
1913	0.92	-0.1%
1914	0.891	-3.2%
1915	0.891	+0.0%
1916	0.891	+0.0%
1917	0.891	+0.0%
1918	0.891	+0.0%
1919	0.891	+0.0%
1920	0.839	-5.8%
1921	0.839	+0.0%
1922	0.839	+0.0%
1923	0.839	+0.0%
1924	0.842	+0.4%
1925	0.885	+5.1%
1926	0.885	+0.0%
1927	0.893	+0.9%
1928	0.899	+0.7%
1929	0.912	+1.4%
1930	0.921	+1.0%
1931	0.945	+2.6%
1932	0.945	+0.0%
1933	0.945	+0.0%
1934	0.926	-2.0%
1935	0.915	-1.2%
1936	0.915	+0.0%
1937	0.915	+0.0%
1938	0.915	+0.0%
1939	0.915	+0.0%
1940	0.915	+0.0%
1941	0.915	+0.0%
1942	0.912	-0.3%
1943	0.912	+0.0%
1944	0.912	+0.0%
1945	0.912	+0.0%
1946	0.912	+0.0%
1947	0.917	+0.5%
1948	0.917	+0.0%
1949	0.917	+0.0%
1950	0.917	+0.0%
1951	0.917	+0.0%
1952	0.914	-0.3%
1953	0.912	-0.2%
1954	0.912	+0.0%
1955	0.913	+0.1%
1956	0.922	+1.0%
1957	0.922	+0.0%
1958	0.922	+0.0%
1959	0.922	+0.0%
1960	0.922	+0.0%
1961	0.922	+0.0%
1962	0.881	-4.4%
1963	0.604	-31.4%
1964	0.843	+39.6%
1965	0.843	+0.0%
1966	0.89	+5.6%
1967	0.875	-1.7%
1968	0.875	+0.0%
1969	0.875	+0.0%
1970	0.898	+2.6%
1971	0.911	+1.4%
1972	0.911	+0.0%
1973	0.911	+0.0%
1974	0.913	+0.2%
1975	0.914	+0.1%
1976	0.914	+0.0%
1977	0.914	+0.0%
1978	0.911	-0.3%
1979	0.876	-3.8%
1980	0.867	-1.0%
1981	0.867	+0.0%
1982	0.844	-2.7%
1983	0.831	-1.5%
1984	0.831	+0.0%
1985	0.831	+0.0%
1986	0.826	-0.6%
1987	0.853	+3.3%
1988	0.853	+0.0%
1989	0.853	+0.0%
1990	0.858	+0.6%
1991	0.862	+0.5%
1992	0.862	+0.0%
1993	0.862	+0.0%
1994	0.865	+0.3%
1995	0.866	+0.1%
1996	0.878	+1.4%
1997	0.884	+0.7%
1998	0.878	-0.7%
1999	0.875	-0.3%
2000	0.888	+1.5%
2001	0.862	-2.9%
2002	0.871	+1.0%
2003	0.877	+0.7%
2004	0.899	+2.5%
2005	0.913	+1.6%
2006	0.891	-2.4%
2007	0.899	+0.9%
2008	0.877	-2.4%
2009	0.895	+2.1%
2010	0.883	-1.3%
2011	0.906	+2.6%
2012	0.879	-3.0%
2013	0.886	+0.8%
2014	0.886	+0.0%
2015	0.886	+0.0%
2016	0.865	-2.4%
2017	0.874	+1.0%
2018	0.874	+0.0%
2019	0.898	+2.7%
2020	0.815	-9.2%
2021	0.793	-2.7%
2022	0.793	+0.0%
2023	0.86	+8.4%
2024	0.794	-7.7%
2025	0.841	+5.9%

Dominican Republic compared with similar countries

Dominican Republic's 0.841 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.5145, 1.6× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Dominican Republic's 0.841 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.514, 1.6× the median. (25 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Clientelism Index in Dominican Republic changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

Year	Change	From	To
1964	+39.6%	0.604	0.843
1963	-31.4%	0.881	0.604

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1840s	0.9608	0.959	0.966	6
1850s	0.9625	0.961	0.963	10
1860s	0.9168	0.904	0.961	6
1870s	0.8993	0.894	0.904	10
1880s	0.8975	0.893	0.901	10
1890s	0.9001	0.893	0.902	10
1900s	0.903	0.9	0.918	10
1910s	0.9023	0.891	0.921	10
1920s	0.8672	0.839	0.912	10
1930s	0.9257	0.915	0.945	10
1940s	0.9141	0.912	0.917	10
1950s	0.9173	0.912	0.922	10
1960s	0.853	0.604	0.922	10
1970s	0.9073	0.876	0.914	10
1980s	0.8456	0.826	0.867	10
1990s	0.869	0.858	0.884	10
2000s	0.8872	0.862	0.913	10
2010s	0.8837	0.865	0.906	10
2020s	0.816	0.793	0.86	6

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Frequently asked questions

What is clientelism index in Dominican Republic?: Clientelism index in Dominican Republic was 0.841 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest clientelism index recorded in Dominican Republic?: The highest recorded value was 0.966 in 1844.
What is the lowest clientelism index recorded in Dominican Republic?: The lowest recorded value was 0.604 in 1963.
How does Dominican Republic rank for clientelism index?: Dominican Republic ranks 17th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is clientelism index rising or falling in Dominican Republic?: Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?: The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Clientelism Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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: 18 September 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.