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Brazil · Rule of law (World Bank indicator)

Perceived respect for the rules: contract enforcement, property rights, the police, the courts, the likelihood of crime and violence. Aggregate estimate of perceptions (surveys, NGOs, analysts), in standard deviations: about −2.5 to +2.5, 0 = world average; higher = better.· Aggregate of perception sources (surveys, NGOs, analysts)· Comparable across countries and years, but each value carries a margin of error: small year-to-year moves are often not significant
-0.49score
2025
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min −0.51 2023max −0.05 2010
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Source: World Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators· Data 2025
Estimate, about −2.5 to +2.5 (0 = world average)Aggregate of perception sources (surveys, NGOs, analysts)Upd. 09/2026

16th highest of 19 countries · -0.49 score · World Bank 2025 — Rank on the harmonised series (World Bank), the same for every country: its value may differ from the national figure shown above.

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