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Brazil - Rule of Law 2013

Name: Brazil Rule of Law 2013
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Rule of Law · World Bank WGI

-0.09 −0.02 from 2012 Global rank: 95th

Brazil's rule of law was -0.09 in 2013, decreased +0.02 from -0.08 in 2012. This was the 95th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2013▾

Rule of Law by Country - 2013
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Norway	1.97	1.0%
2nd	Finland	1.96	0.6%
3rd	Sweden	1.95	1.2%
4th	Denmark	1.90	1.5%
5th	New Zealand	1.87	-0.7%
6th	Austria	1.83	-1.2%
7th	Netherlands	1.83	-1.5%
8th	Luxembourg	1.81	0.9%
9th	Switzerland	1.80	-0.9%
10th	Australia	1.77	0.6%
11th	Canada	1.75	-0.5%
12th	Ireland	1.71	-1.0%
13th	Singapore	1.70	-1.6%
14th	United Kingdom	1.69	-2.3%
15th	Greenland	1.69	-1.4%
16th	Iceland	1.65	-1.4%
17th	Germany	1.64	-1.6%
18th	Liechtenstein	1.58	-1.1%
19th	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.57	-0.5%
20th	United States	1.55	-4.4%
21st	Belgium	1.46	0.5%
22nd	Japan	1.44	6.3%
23rd	France	1.40	-2.4%
24th	Andorra	1.40	0.0%
25th	Malta	1.33	-0.9%
26th	Aruba	1.29	-1.3%
27th	Chile	1.26	-2.5%
28th	Estonia	1.19	3.5%
29th	American Samoa	1.10	0.5%
30th	Bermuda	1.10	0.5%
31st	Guam	1.10	0.5%
32nd	Barbados	1.04	1.3%
33rd	Portugal	1.04	0.2%
34th	Cyprus	1.03	-5.8%
35th	Spain	1.03	-1.2%
36th	Czechia	1.02	0.1%
37th	Slovenia	0.99	-1.4%
38th	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.97	0.0%
39th	Israel	0.97	4.6%
40th	Mauritius	0.97	-5.6%
41st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.96	-2.5%
42nd	Qatar	0.95	0.0%
43rd	Korea	0.95	-4.0%
44th	Monaco	0.93	0.2%
45th	San Marino	0.93	0.2%
46th	Palau	0.90	-0.1%
47th	Cayman Islands	0.90	0.5%
48th	Virgin Islands (US)	0.84	0.9%
49th	Poland	0.84	2.7%
50th	Antigua and Barbuda	0.83	-12.0%
51st	Lithuania	0.83	-1.7%
52nd	St. Lucia	0.77	7.0%
53rd	Latvia	0.76	-2.3%
54th	Samoa	0.75	2.1%
55th	Dominica	0.72	3.1%
56th	Puerto Rico (US)	0.67	-15.8%
57th	Macao SAR, China	0.64	-1.4%
58th	Bahamas, The	0.63	2.9%
59th	Nauru	0.62	-15.4%
60th	United Arab Emirates	0.61	14.8%
61st	Tuvalu	0.59	5.6%
62nd	Brunei Darussalam	0.59	-25.1%
63rd	Hungary	0.58	-4.6%
64th	Uruguay	0.58	-6.2%
65th	Costa Rica	0.56	6.6%
66th	Cabo Verde	0.55	7.2%
67th	Botswana	0.49	-16.8%
68th	Oman	0.49	-6.1%
69th	Greece	0.47	20.4%
70th	Slovak Republic	0.46	-4.6%
71st	Italy	0.44	2.4%
72nd	Jordan	0.38	7.0%
73rd	Vanuatu	0.37	9.3%
74th	Kuwait	0.36	-0.5%
75th	Malaysia	0.34	-10.1%
76th	Bahrain	0.33	28.7%
77th	Namibia	0.32	4.9%
78th	Bhutan	0.32	21.5%
79th	Marshall Islands	0.24	129.2%
80th	Kiribati	0.23	25.7%
81st	Grenada	0.20	6.9%
82nd	Romania	0.19	104.8%
83rd	Croatia	0.18	22.7%
84th	Seychelles	0.17	187.1%
85th	Ghana	0.15	824.6%
86th	Saudi Arabia	0.15	6.2%
87th	South Africa	0.14	60.2%
88th	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.12	268.6%
89th	Tonga	0.02	179.5%
90th	Georgia	0.00	179.0%
91st	Türkiye	0.00	87.2%
92nd	Montenegro	-0.03	41.2%
93rd	India	-0.05	27.0%
94th	Suriname	-0.05	20.4%
95th	Brazil	-0.09	-19.6%
96th	Thailand	-0.14	19.2%
97th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.14	29.3%
98th	Rwanda	-0.15	41.4%
99th	Bulgaria	-0.15	-28.0%
100th	Malawi	-0.16	32.4%
101st	Tunisia	-0.18	-9.1%
102nd	Lesotho	-0.20	24.5%
103rd	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.20	-22.8%
104th	North Macedonia	-0.23	8.2%
105th	Senegal	-0.24	16.2%
106th	Panama	-0.25	-14.1%
107th	Zambia	-0.26	27.2%
108th	Sri Lanka	-0.27	-132.7%
109th	Serbia	-0.30	10.2%
110th	Jamaica	-0.32	7.9%
111th	Armenia	-0.34	18.5%
112th	Morocco	-0.34	-17.9%
113th	Uganda	-0.35	2.8%
114th	Mongolia	-0.36	1.4%
115th	Moldova	-0.37	-14.6%
116th	Colombia	-0.39	-19.1%
117th	West Bank and Gaza	-0.40	10.0%
118th	Belize	-0.45	-3.6%
119th	Philippines	-0.47	10.2%
120th	Tanzania	-0.48	11.2%
121st	Eswatini	-0.49	7.9%
122nd	Solomon Islands	-0.51	2.9%
123rd	Viet Nam	-0.52	7.2%
124th	Albania	-0.52	0.2%
125th	Gabon	-0.52	-26.0%
126th	Guyana	-0.52	-1.2%
127th	China	-0.53	3.6%
128th	Burkina Faso	-0.53	-23.7%
129th	Indonesia	-0.53	8.6%
130th	Dominican Republic	-0.53	25.4%
131st	Kosovo	-0.54	-3.1%
132nd	Mexico	-0.55	-2.7%
133rd	Benin	-0.57	1.2%
134th	Peru	-0.57	1.3%
135th	El Salvador	-0.64	12.5%
136th	Gambia, The	-0.65	-8.3%
137th	Argentina	-0.66	-5.3%
138th	Niger	-0.67	-0.4%
139th	Nicaragua	-0.67	8.1%
140th	Algeria	-0.69	14.7%
141st	Cuba	-0.70	1.4%
142nd	Kenya	-0.72	14.0%
143rd	Kazakhstan	-0.72	7.3%
144th	Nepal	-0.72	2.5%
145th	Maldives	-0.72	-33.0%
146th	Fiji	-0.73	-8.1%
147th	Lebanon	-0.73	-4.5%
148th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	-0.74	-37.2%
149th	Mali	-0.75	-12.4%
150th	Azerbaijan	-0.76	14.0%
151st	Paraguay	-0.77	5.4%
152nd	São Tomé and Principe	-0.77	-3.2%
153rd	Djibouti	-0.77	3.6%
154th	Lao PDR	-0.80	6.2%
155th	Mozambique	-0.82	-37.0%
156th	Russian Federation	-0.82	4.2%
157th	Ukraine	-0.84	-3.4%
158th	Pakistan	-0.86	3.1%
159th	Sierra Leone	-0.87	0.0%
160th	Ecuador	-0.87	18.2%
161st	Bangladesh	-0.87	6.9%
162nd	Belarus	-0.88	4.4%
163rd	Liberia	-0.88	0.7%
164th	Côte d'Ivoire	-0.91	16.4%
165th	Madagascar	-0.92	0.8%
166th	Papua New Guinea	-0.94	-13.2%
167th	Comoros	-0.96	11.5%
168th	Togo	-0.98	-3.8%
169th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	-1.00	-8.5%
170th	Cambodia	-1.01	-2.7%
171st	Mauritania	-1.01	-7.4%
172nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	-1.05	-3.2%
173rd	Cameroon	-1.06	-1.5%
174th	Burundi	-1.08	0.7%
175th	Guatemala	-1.09	-1.0%
176th	Kyrgyz Republic	-1.12	1.7%
177th	Nigeria	-1.12	1.6%
178th	Congo, Republic of	-1.12	1.8%
179th	Equatorial Guinea	-1.17	-11.3%
180th	Honduras	-1.17	-2.3%
181st	Yemen, Republic of	-1.19	7.1%
182nd	Timor-Leste	-1.21	-6.0%
183rd	Uzbekistan	-1.24	4.9%
184th	Myanmar	-1.24	8.3%
185th	Libya	-1.26	-28.6%
186th	Tajikistan	-1.26	-4.6%
187th	Sudan	-1.28	-3.2%
188th	Angola	-1.29	1.1%
189th	Haiti	-1.30	2.4%
190th	Turkmenistan	-1.36	1.4%
191st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	-1.38	-2.1%
192nd	Guinea	-1.38	1.1%
193rd	Chad	-1.40	4.5%
194th	Syrian Arab Republic	-1.41	-24.7%
195th	Eritrea	-1.43	-0.4%
196th	South Sudan	-1.54	-8.4%
197th	Iraq	-1.56	0.4%
198th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	-1.59	4.7%
199th	Zimbabwe	-1.59	2.6%
200th	Afghanistan	-1.61	2.6%
201st	Guinea-Bissau	-1.61	-4.5%
202nd	Central African Republic	-1.81	-25.8%
203rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-2.41	0.5%

FAQ

What was Brazil's rule of law in 2013?▾

Brazil's rule of law in 2013 was -0.09. This ranked 95th globally.

How did Brazil's rule of law change in 2013?▾

Brazil's rule of law decreased by 19.6% in 2013 compared to 2012.

Which country had the highest rule of law in 2013?▾

Norway had the highest rule of law in 2013 at 1.97.

What is the rule of law of Brazil in 2013?▾

The rule of law of Brazil in 2013 was -0.09. This ranked 95th globally.

How does 2013 compare to 2012 for Brazil's rule of law?▾

Brazil's rule of law went from -0.08 in 2012 to -0.09 in 2013, a 19.6% decrease.

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