Australia vs Brazil: Media Corruption Score

Australia
1.72
in 2025
Brazil
1.83
in 2025
Australia rank
39th
Brazil rank
36th

Media Corruption Score over time

  • Australia
  • Brazil
-2024190019622025

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 1.83 against 1.72 in Australia, a difference of 0.118.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 125 shared years of data; in 1901 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 39th and Brazil ranks 36th of 175 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Media Corruption Score
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 18,887 data points, 1900–2025
Last refreshed

Gauges the frequency with which journalists, publishers, or broadcasters accept payments to modify news content, indicating the integrity (or corruption) of the media sphere.