What is electoral democracy index in Brazil?

Electoral democracy index in Brazil was 0.784 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest electoral democracy index recorded in Brazil?

The highest recorded value was 0.875 in 2011.

What is the lowest electoral democracy index recorded in Brazil?

The lowest recorded value was 0.014 in 1789.

How does Brazil rank for electoral democracy index?

Brazil ranks 32nd out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is electoral democracy index rising or falling in Brazil?

Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Brazil data come from?

The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Electoral Democracy Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Electoral Democracy Index in Brazil

Name: Electoral Democracy Index in Brazil
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Brazil: Electoral Democracy Index was 0.784 in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)

0.784

Change on year

down 1.9%

World rank

32nd

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.875

in 2011

All-time low

0.014

in 1789

Years of data

235

1789–2025

Electoral Democracy Index in Brazil, 1789–2025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2025, electoral democracy index in Brazil stood at 0.784.

The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, electoral democracy index in Brazil peaked at 0.875 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.014, in 1789.

That places Brazil 32nd out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Electoral Democracy Index in Brazil, year by year

Annual values for Electoral Democracy Index in Brazil, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.014	—
1790	0.014	+0.0%
1791	0.014	+0.0%
1792	0.014	+0.0%
1793	0.014	+0.0%
1794	0.014	+0.0%
1795	0.014	+0.0%
1796	0.014	+0.0%
1797	0.014	+0.0%
1798	0.014	+0.0%
1799	0.014	+0.0%
1800	0.014	+0.0%
1801	0.014	+0.0%
1802	0.014	+0.0%
1803	0.014	+0.0%
1804	0.014	+0.0%
1805	0.014	+0.0%
1806	0.014	+0.0%
1807	0.014	+0.0%
1808	0.036	+157.1%
1809	0.036	+0.0%
1810	0.036	+0.0%
1811	0.036	+0.0%
1812	0.036	+0.0%
1813	0.036	+0.0%
1814	0.036	+0.0%
1815	0.036	+0.0%
1816	0.036	+0.0%
1817	0.036	+0.0%
1818	0.036	+0.0%
1819	0.036	+0.0%
1820	0.047	+30.6%
1821	0.053	+12.8%
1822	0.086	+62.3%
1823	0.147	+70.9%
1826	0.247	+68.0%
1827	0.247	+0.0%
1828	0.247	+0.0%
1829	0.247	+0.0%
1830	0.249	+0.8%
1831	0.273	+9.6%
1832	0.293	+7.3%
1833	0.293	+0.0%
1834	0.264	-9.9%
1835	0.264	+0.0%
1836	0.264	+0.0%
1837	0.264	+0.0%
1838	0.26	-1.5%
1839	0.26	+0.0%
1840	0.242	-6.9%
1841	0.229	-5.4%
1842	0.192	-16.2%
1843	0.192	+0.0%
1844	0.192	+0.0%
1845	0.178	-7.3%
1846	0.181	+1.7%
1847	0.181	+0.0%
1848	0.197	+8.8%
1849	0.197	+0.0%
1850	0.197	+0.0%
1851	0.197	+0.0%
1852	0.197	+0.0%
1853	0.197	+0.0%
1854	0.197	+0.0%
1855	0.197	+0.0%
1856	0.197	+0.0%
1857	0.197	+0.0%
1858	0.197	+0.0%
1859	0.197	+0.0%
1860	0.197	+0.0%
1861	0.253	+28.4%
1862	0.253	+0.0%
1863	0.253	+0.0%
1864	0.182	-28.1%
1865	0.182	+0.0%
1866	0.182	+0.0%
1867	0.182	+0.0%
1868	0.182	+0.0%
1869	0.185	+1.6%
1870	0.189	+2.2%
1871	0.189	+0.0%
1872	0.188	-0.5%
1873	0.188	+0.0%
1874	0.188	+0.0%
1875	0.188	+0.0%
1876	0.188	+0.0%
1877	0.188	+0.0%
1878	0.185	-1.6%
1879	0.185	+0.0%
1880	0.185	+0.0%
1881	0.199	+7.6%
1882	0.185	-7.0%
1883	0.185	+0.0%
1884	0.185	+0.0%
1885	0.172	-7.0%
1886	0.172	+0.0%
1887	0.172	+0.0%
1888	0.183	+6.4%
1889	0.183	+0.0%
1890	0.159	-13.1%
1891	0.155	-2.5%
1892	0.138	-11.0%
1893	0.138	+0.0%
1894	0.148	+7.2%
1895	0.214	+44.6%
1896	0.211	-1.4%
1897	0.21	-0.5%
1898	0.21	+0.0%
1899	0.21	+0.0%
1900	0.196	-6.7%
1901	0.196	+0.0%
1902	0.189	-3.6%
1903	0.188	-0.5%
1904	0.192	+2.1%
1905	0.194	+1.0%
1906	0.194	+0.0%
1907	0.194	+0.0%
1908	0.194	+0.0%
1909	0.193	-0.5%
1910	0.196	+1.6%
1911	0.197	+0.5%
1912	0.197	+0.0%
1913	0.197	+0.0%
1914	0.195	-1.0%
1915	0.197	+1.0%
1916	0.197	+0.0%
1917	0.194	-1.5%
1918	0.197	+1.5%
1919	0.197	+0.0%
1920	0.197	+0.0%
1921	0.197	+0.0%
1922	0.195	-1.0%
1923	0.195	+0.0%
1924	0.19	-2.6%
1925	0.196	+3.2%
1926	0.196	+0.0%
1927	0.201	+2.6%
1928	0.201	+0.0%
1929	0.201	+0.0%
1930	0.178	-11.4%
1931	0.079	-55.6%
1932	0.078	-1.3%
1933	0.134	+71.8%
1934	0.094	-29.9%
1935	0.091	-3.2%
1936	0.091	+0.0%
1937	0.065	-28.6%
1938	0.057	-12.3%
1939	0.057	+0.0%
1940	0.06	+5.3%
1941	0.06	+0.0%
1942	0.06	+0.0%
1943	0.06	+0.0%
1944	0.06	+0.0%
1945	0.11	+83.3%
1946	0.328	+198.2%
1947	0.378	+15.2%
1948	0.374	-1.1%
1949	0.381	+1.9%
1950	0.387	+1.6%
1951	0.381	-1.6%
1952	0.381	+0.0%
1953	0.382	+0.3%
1954	0.378	-1.0%
1955	0.387	+2.4%
1956	0.392	+1.3%
1957	0.392	+0.0%
1958	0.393	+0.3%
1959	0.396	+0.8%
1960	0.405	+2.3%
1961	0.408	+0.7%
1962	0.407	-0.2%
1963	0.405	-0.5%
1964	0.209	-48.4%
1965	0.145	-30.6%
1966	0.144	-0.7%
1967	0.183	+27.1%
1968	0.18	-1.6%
1969	0.174	-3.3%
1970	0.177	+1.7%
1971	0.174	-1.7%
1972	0.174	+0.0%
1973	0.175	+0.6%
1974	0.177	+1.1%
1975	0.184	+4.0%
1976	0.186	+1.1%
1977	0.186	+0.0%
1978	0.187	+0.5%
1979	0.207	+10.7%
1980	0.251	+21.3%
1981	0.251	+0.0%
1982	0.264	+5.2%
1983	0.282	+6.8%
1984	0.29	+2.8%
1985	0.392	+35.2%
1986	0.471	+20.2%
1987	0.559	+18.7%
1988	0.682	+22.0%
1989	0.724	+6.2%
1990	0.814	+12.4%
1991	0.828	+1.7%
1992	0.836	+1.0%
1993	0.84	+0.5%
1994	0.846	+0.7%
1995	0.847	+0.1%
1996	0.848	+0.1%
1997	0.848	+0.0%
1998	0.849	+0.1%
1999	0.85	+0.1%
2000	0.854	+0.5%
2001	0.854	+0.0%
2002	0.856	+0.2%
2003	0.855	-0.1%
2004	0.855	+0.0%
2005	0.867	+1.4%
2006	0.868	+0.1%
2007	0.866	-0.2%
2008	0.866	+0.0%
2009	0.866	+0.0%
2010	0.871	+0.6%
2011	0.875	+0.5%
2012	0.871	-0.5%
2013	0.873	+0.2%
2014	0.873	+0.0%
2015	0.861	-1.4%
2016	0.781	-9.3%
2017	0.774	-0.9%
2018	0.749	-3.2%
2019	0.691	-7.7%
2020	0.699	+1.2%
2021	0.69	-1.3%
2022	0.699	+1.3%
2023	0.79	+13.0%
2024	0.799	+1.1%
2025	0.784	-1.9%

Brazil compared with similar countries

Brazil's 0.784 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.491, 1.6× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Brazil's 0.784 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.667, 1.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Electoral Democracy Index in Brazil changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

Year	Change	From	To
1946	+198.2%	0.11	0.328
1808	+157.1%	0.014	0.036
1945	+83.3%	0.06	0.11
1933	+71.8%	0.078	0.134
1823	+70.9%	0.086	0.147
1826	+68.0%	0.147	0.247

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.014	0.014	0.014	1
1790s	0.014	0.014	0.014	10
1800s	0.0184	0.014	0.036	10
1810s	0.036	0.036	0.036	10
1820s	0.1651	0.047	0.247	8
1830s	0.2684	0.249	0.293	10
1840s	0.1981	0.178	0.242	10
1850s	0.197	0.197	0.197	10
1860s	0.2051	0.182	0.253	10
1870s	0.1876	0.185	0.189	10
1880s	0.1821	0.172	0.199	10
1890s	0.1793	0.138	0.214	10
1900s	0.193	0.188	0.196	10
1910s	0.1964	0.194	0.197	10
1920s	0.1969	0.19	0.201	10
1930s	0.0924	0.057	0.178	10
1940s	0.1871	0.06	0.381	10
1950s	0.3869	0.378	0.396	10
1960s	0.266	0.144	0.408	10
1970s	0.1827	0.174	0.207	10
1980s	0.4166	0.251	0.724	10
1990s	0.8406	0.814	0.85	10
2000s	0.8607	0.854	0.868	10
2010s	0.8219	0.691	0.875	10
2020s	0.7435	0.69	0.799	6

Countries ranked near Brazil

29 Barbados 0.797 compare
30 Lithuania 0.786 compare
30 Trinidad and Tobago 0.786 compare
33 Malta 0.783 compare
33 Sri Lanka 0.783 compare
35 Suriname 0.781 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is electoral democracy index in Brazil?: Electoral democracy index in Brazil was 0.784 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest electoral democracy index recorded in Brazil?: The highest recorded value was 0.875 in 2011.
What is the lowest electoral democracy index recorded in Brazil?: The lowest recorded value was 0.014 in 1789.
How does Brazil rank for electoral democracy index?: Brazil ranks 32nd out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is electoral democracy index rising or falling in Brazil?: Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Brazil data come from?: The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Electoral Democracy Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Electoral Democracy Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 29,649 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which political leaders are elected under comprehensive suffrage in free and fair elections, and freedoms of association and expression are guaranteed.