Brazil vs Russia: Legislative Corruption Score

Brazil
-1.33
in 2025
Russia
-1.38
in 2025
Brazil rank
137th
Russia rank
140th

Legislative Corruption Score over time

  • Brazil
  • Russia
-2-1012182419242025

How they compare

Brazil currently reports -1.33 against -1.38 in Russia, a difference of 0.049.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 104 shared years of data; in 1906 it was Russia ahead.

Brazil ranks 137th and Russia ranks 140th of 174 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Legislative Corruption Score
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
174 places, 17,541 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Data by V-Dem. Expert estimates of the extent to which members of the legislature abuse their position for financial gain, such as bribes, government contracts, future employment, or stealing from the state. Higher scores mean less corruption. A score of 0 is approximately the average across all countries and years.