Clientelism in small states: how smallness influences patron–client networks in the Caribbean and the Pacific

Figures & data

Table 1. Background information on the Caribbean and Pacific states.

	Population^a	GDP per capita^a	Colonial power	Independence	Regime^b	Constitution
Caribbean
St. Kitts and Nevis	53.000	$28,000	Britain	1983	Democracy	Parliamentary
Dominica	74.000	$11,000	Britain	1978	Democracy	Parliamentary
Antigua and Barbuda	96.000	$26,000	Britain	1981	Democracy	Parliamentary
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	102.000	$12,000	Britain	1979	Democracy	Parliamentary
Grenada	112.000	$15,000	Britain	1974	Democracy	Parliamentary
St. Lucia	166.000	$14,000	Britain	1979	Democracy	Parliamentary
Barbados	293.000	$19,000	Britain	1966	Democracy	Parliamentary
Bahamas	333.000	$32,000	Britain	1973	Democracy	Parliamentary
Belize	386.000	$8000	Britain	1981	Democracy	Parliamentary
Suriname	598.000	$15,000	The Netherlands	1975	Democracy	Hybrid
Guyana	741.000	$8000	Britain	1966	Democracy	Hybrid
Pacific
Nauru	10.000	$12,000	Australia	1968	Democracy	Hybrid
Tuvalu	11.000	$4000	Britain	1978	Democracy	Parliamentary
Palau	22.000	$15,000	United States	1994	Democracy	Presidential
Marshall Islands	76.000	$4000	United States	1986	Democracy	Hybrid
Federated States of Micronesia	104.000	$3000	United States	1986	Democracy	Presidential
Tonga	106.000	$6000	Never colonized	–	Democracy	Monarchical
Kiribati	109.000	$2000	Britain	1979	Democracy	Hybrid
Samoa	201.000	$6000	New Zealand	1962	Democracy	Parliamentary
Vanuatu	288.000	$3000	Britain and France	1980	Democracy	Parliamentary
Solomon Islands	660.000	$2000	Britain	1978	Democracy	Parliamentary
Fiji	926.000	$10,000	Britain	1970	Hybrid	Parliamentary

^aData retrieved from the CIA World Factbook (2019).

^bBased on Freedom House’s Freedom in the World Survey (2019). Countries classified as “democracy” have a ranking of “free” in the Freedom House dataset, those classified as “hybrid” have a ranking of “partly free”.

Table

Country	Year	Politicians	Non-politicians	Total
Antigua and Barbuda	2018	8	4	12
Barbados	2018	3	7	10
Federated States of Micronesia	2011	4	–	4
Fiji	2011	16	–	16
Kiribati	2013	8	6	14
Marshall Islands	2011	6	–	6
Nauru	2013	6	–	6
Palau	2011	11	12	23
Samoa	2011, 2013	25	2	27
Solomon Islands	2011	15	–	15
St. Kitts and Nevis	2010	8	5	13
Suriname	2018	13	8	21
Tonga	2011	3	–	3
Tuvalu	2011, 2014	5	5	10
Vanuatu	2011, 2018	18	5	23
Total		149	54	203