Civil Rights Score in Brazil
Brazil: Civil Rights Score was 7 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Civil Rights Score in Brazil, 2005–2025
Source: Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 7 for civil rights score in 2025. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 40.0% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, civil rights score in Brazil peaked at 7 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 5, in 2021.
That places Brazil 19th out of 128 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| 2010s | 6.8 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| 2020s | 5.67 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More social development data for Brazil
- Political Rights Rating 2 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 278,966 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 6,306 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Liberal democracy 2 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.704 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.871 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.528 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.871 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is civil rights score in Brazil?
- Civil rights score in Brazil was 7 in 2025, according to Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest civil rights score recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 7 in 2005.
- What is the lowest civil rights score recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 in 2021.
- How does Brazil rank for civil rights score?
- Brazil ranks 19th out of 128 countries with data for 2025.
- Is civil rights score rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Civil Rights Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Indicates the extent to which civil rights are codified in law, and the state prosecutes any violations and works to prevent discrimination.