Brazil - Rule of Law 2004
-0.40
−0.03 from 2003
Brazil's rule of law was -0.40 in 2004, decreased +0.03 from -0.37 in 2003. This was the 117th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2004▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Norway | 1.96 | 4.3% |
| 2nd | Finland | 1.94 | -1.0% |
| 3rd | Denmark | 1.93 | 0.5% |
| 4th | Iceland | 1.91 | -0.7% |
| 5th | Switzerland | 1.89 | -0.7% |
| 6th | Sweden | 1.87 | -0.7% |
| 7th | New Zealand | 1.85 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Luxembourg | 1.84 | 1.0% |
| 9th | Austria | 1.82 | -1.7% |
| 10th | Australia | 1.80 | -2.6% |
| 11th | Netherlands | 1.74 | 1.7% |
| 12th | Canada | 1.69 | -0.6% |
| 13th | Singapore | 1.64 | 6.6% |
| 14th | Germany | 1.62 | -1.1% |
| 15th | United Kingdom | 1.61 | -3.6% |
| 16th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.57 | 2.0% |
| 17th | Ireland | 1.51 | 1.9% |
| 18th | France | 1.43 | 6.9% |
| 19th | Barbados | 1.42 | -6.3% |
| 20th | United States | 1.42 | -8.8% |
| 21st | Bahamas, The | 1.38 | -2.6% |
| 22nd | Macao SAR, China | 1.37 | 11.6% |
| 23rd | Malta | 1.31 | -14.7% |
| 24th | Belgium | 1.31 | -1.5% |
| 25th | Japan | 1.25 | 7.3% |
| 26th | Portugal | 1.23 | -3.4% |
| 27th | Andorra | 1.19 | 13.1% |
| 28th | Virgin Islands (US) | 1.19 | - |
| 29th | Chile | 1.17 | -1.0% |
| 30th | Cayman Islands | 1.14 | -6.9% |
| 31st | Spain | 1.13 | -9.5% |
| 32nd | Bermuda | 1.09 | -11.1% |
| 33rd | Liechtenstein | 1.08 | -15.0% |
| 34th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.01 | 21.5% |
| 35th | Guam | 0.99 | - |
| 36th | Samoa | 0.99 | -22.1% |
| 37th | Aruba | 0.92 | - |
| 38th | Slovenia | 0.91 | 7.6% |
| 39th | Korea | 0.91 | 13.7% |
| 40th | Cyprus | 0.91 | -3.2% |
| 41st | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.91 | -12.5% |
| 42nd | Mauritius | 0.90 | -2.7% |
| 43rd | Greece | 0.90 | 13.9% |
| 44th | Estonia | 0.88 | 14.6% |
| 45th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.87 | 4.0% |
| 46th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.87 | 4.0% |
| 47th | Israel | 0.85 | -6.9% |
| 48th | Hungary | 0.85 | 5.1% |
| 49th | American Samoa | 0.84 | - |
| 50th | Monaco | 0.83 | -0.8% |
| 51st | Marshall Islands | 0.83 | -0.8% |
| 52nd | Nauru | 0.83 | -0.8% |
| 53rd | Palau | 0.83 | -0.8% |
| 54th | San Marino | 0.83 | -0.8% |
| 55th | St. Lucia | 0.80 | -3.5% |
| 56th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.79 | 12.2% |
| 57th | Tuvalu | 0.76 | -8.4% |
| 58th | Czechia | 0.76 | -13.2% |
| 59th | Dominica | 0.72 | -10.5% |
| 60th | Bahrain | 0.70 | 17.3% |
| 61st | Kiribati | 0.60 | -27.5% |
| 62nd | Italy | 0.59 | -14.3% |
| 63rd | Botswana | 0.56 | -16.1% |
| 64th | Lithuania | 0.56 | 15.6% |
| 65th | Latvia | 0.54 | -7.4% |
| 66th | Oman | 0.51 | 9.6% |
| 67th | Seychelles | 0.51 | -33.2% |
| 68th | Kuwait | 0.51 | -7.5% |
| 69th | Costa Rica | 0.50 | -4.5% |
| 70th | Slovak Republic | 0.46 | 39.9% |
| 71st | Vanuatu | 0.46 | -49.4% |
| 72nd | Malaysia | 0.46 | -1.5% |
| 73rd | Uruguay | 0.46 | -30.5% |
| 74th | United Arab Emirates | 0.43 | -20.5% |
| 75th | Poland | 0.42 | -18.4% |
| 76th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.37 | -34.3% |
| 77th | Cabo Verde | 0.34 | 33.3% |
| 78th | Qatar | 0.34 | -20.1% |
| 79th | Jordan | 0.30 | -8.4% |
| 80th | Grenada | 0.28 | -16.9% |
| 81st | Bhutan | 0.22 | 64.3% |
| 82nd | Sri Lanka | 0.21 | -13.8% |
| 83rd | Mongolia | 0.18 | -40.1% |
| 84th | Türkiye | 0.08 | -17.8% |
| 85th | Fiji | 0.07 | 585.6% |
| 86th | Thailand | 0.06 | -59.4% |
| 87th | India | 0.05 | -55.6% |
| 88th | Tunisia | 0.05 | 124.5% |
| 89th | Croatia | 0.04 | 189.6% |
| 90th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.04 | -84.6% |
| 91st | Senegal | 0.02 | 138.8% |
| 92nd | Tonga | 0.01 | 108.1% |
| 93rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 0.01 | 665.6% |
| 94th | Saudi Arabia | 0.01 | -88.9% |
| 95th | South Africa | 0.00 | -88.0% |
| 96th | Namibia | -0.02 | -107.8% |
| 97th | Morocco | -0.05 | 56.6% |
| 98th | Belize | -0.05 | -127.8% |
| 99th | Panama | -0.11 | 23.4% |
| 100th | Bulgaria | -0.12 | 31.3% |
| 101st | Lesotho | -0.13 | -248.7% |
| 102nd | Ghana | -0.13 | -1,706.6% |
| 103rd | Malawi | -0.13 | 27.7% |
| 104th | Suriname | -0.18 | -240.0% |
| 105th | Romania | -0.19 | 11.1% |
| 106th | North Macedonia | -0.19 | 62.0% |
| 107th | Mali | -0.19 | -745.3% |
| 108th | Lebanon | -0.20 | 41.8% |
| 109th | Montenegro | -0.22 | -23.0% |
| 110th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.23 | -6.1% |
| 111th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.27 | -151.2% |
| 112th | Madagascar | -0.27 | -11.3% |
| 113th | Maldives | -0.30 | -475.6% |
| 114th | Moldova | -0.37 | 32.0% |
| 115th | Gambia, The | -0.39 | -338.9% |
| 116th | Tanzania | -0.39 | -26.2% |
| 117th | Brazil | -0.40 | -9.0% |
| 118th | Mexico | -0.41 | -8.5% |
| 119th | Jamaica | -0.41 | 17.7% |
| 120th | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.48 | 1.4% |
| 121st | Benin | -0.48 | -12.0% |
| 122nd | Zambia | -0.48 | -25.6% |
| 123rd | Armenia | -0.48 | -59.1% |
| 124th | Gabon | -0.48 | -19.1% |
| 125th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.49 | 20.5% |
| 126th | El Salvador | -0.49 | 5.0% |
| 127th | Burkina Faso | -0.54 | 14.2% |
| 128th | Peru | -0.55 | 7.3% |
| 129th | China | -0.59 | -5.9% |
| 130th | Timor-Leste | -0.59 | -37.8% |
| 131st | Viet Nam | -0.60 | 5.1% |
| 132nd | Algeria | -0.62 | -1.8% |
| 133rd | Guyana | -0.62 | -7.6% |
| 134th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.63 | -33.5% |
| 135th | Philippines | -0.63 | -14.3% |
| 136th | Niger | -0.65 | -24.3% |
| 137th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.67 | 1.0% |
| 138th | Mozambique | -0.68 | 3.1% |
| 139th | Dominican Republic | -0.68 | -6.3% |
| 140th | Uganda | -0.69 | -28.4% |
| 141st | Colombia | -0.70 | 5.9% |
| 142nd | Albania | -0.70 | 2.1% |
| 143rd | Indonesia | -0.73 | 14.7% |
| 144th | Serbia | -0.74 | 18.4% |
| 145th | Georgia | -0.75 | 17.8% |
| 146th | Nepal | -0.75 | -23.3% |
| 147th | Mauritania | -0.76 | -22.9% |
| 148th | Papua New Guinea | -0.76 | 19.3% |
| 149th | Ecuador | -0.76 | 2.0% |
| 150th | Argentina | -0.77 | 1.3% |
| 151st | Djibouti | -0.77 | 12.1% |
| 152nd | Ukraine | -0.78 | 5.8% |
| 153rd | Nicaragua | -0.79 | -40.7% |
| 154th | Solomon Islands | -0.79 | -475.6% |
| 155th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.79 | -4.3% |
| 156th | Kosovo | -0.80 | 4.6% |
| 157th | Eswatini | -0.80 | -30.4% |
| 158th | Honduras | -0.85 | 9.2% |
| 159th | Rwanda | -0.85 | 11.1% |
| 160th | Kenya | -0.86 | 6.4% |
| 161st | Azerbaijan | -0.90 | -1.8% |
| 162nd | Libya | -0.91 | -0.3% |
| 163rd | Russian Federation | -0.92 | 4.4% |
| 164th | Eritrea | -0.93 | -14.1% |
| 165th | Paraguay | -0.98 | 6.7% |
| 166th | Pakistan | -0.99 | -8.0% |
| 167th | Comoros | -1.02 | -35.3% |
| 168th | Guatemala | -1.06 | 3.5% |
| 169th | Togo | -1.10 | -15.4% |
| 170th | Cuba | -1.11 | 9.5% |
| 171st | Bangladesh | -1.12 | 2.6% |
| 172nd | Kazakhstan | -1.13 | -2.7% |
| 173rd | Sierra Leone | -1.15 | 3.7% |
| 174th | Cameroon | -1.17 | -0.9% |
| 175th | Tajikistan | -1.18 | -10.9% |
| 176th | Belarus | -1.19 | -10.8% |
| 177th | Congo, Republic of | -1.19 | 6.1% |
| 178th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.20 | 2.5% |
| 179th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.20 | 2.3% |
| 180th | Cambodia | -1.21 | -5.1% |
| 181st | Yemen, Republic of | -1.23 | 2.1% |
| 182nd | Lao PDR | -1.26 | 8.7% |
| 183rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.28 | -9.3% |
| 184th | Guinea | -1.30 | -12.8% |
| 185th | Chad | -1.33 | 12.2% |
| 186th | Uzbekistan | -1.34 | -7.2% |
| 187th | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.42 | -4.9% |
| 188th | Nigeria | -1.44 | 4.8% |
| 189th | Burundi | -1.48 | 0.3% |
| 190th | Angola | -1.52 | -2.6% |
| 191st | Sudan | -1.53 | 1.6% |
| 192nd | Central African Republic | -1.56 | -9.0% |
| 193rd | Liberia | -1.56 | -1.9% |
| 194th | Turkmenistan | -1.63 | -23.4% |
| 195th | Zimbabwe | -1.69 | -5.1% |
| 196th | Afghanistan | -1.69 | -8.7% |
| 197th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.72 | 7.1% |
| 198th | Haiti | -1.73 | 0.5% |
| 199th | Myanmar | -1.74 | -1.9% |
| 200th | Iraq | -1.82 | -10.9% |
| 201st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.29 | -11.7% |
FAQ
What was Brazil's rule of law in 2004?▾
Brazil's rule of law in 2004 was -0.40. This ranked 117th globally.
How did Brazil's rule of law change in 2004?▾
Brazil's rule of law decreased by 9.0% in 2004 compared to 2003.
Which country had the highest rule of law in 2004?▾
Norway had the highest rule of law in 2004 at 1.96.
What is the rule of law of Brazil in 2004?▾
The rule of law of Brazil in 2004 was -0.40. This ranked 117th globally.
How does 2004 compare to 2003 for Brazil's rule of law?▾
Brazil's rule of law went from -0.37 in 2003 to -0.40 in 2004, a 9.0% decrease.
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