Political Rights Score in Brazil
Brazil: Political Rights Score was 30 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Political Rights Score in Brazil, 2002–2025
Source: Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 30 for political rights score in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political rights score in Brazil peaked at 33 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 30, in 2018.
That places Brazil 81st out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Political Rights Score in Brazil, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 32 | — |
| 2003 | 32 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 32 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 32 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 31 | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 31 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 32 | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 32 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 32 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 33 | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 31 | -6.1% |
| 2017 | 31 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 30 | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 31 | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 31 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 31 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 30 | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 30 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 30 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 30 | +0.0% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 30 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 26, 1.2× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 30 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 33, 91% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.75 | 31 | 32 | 8 |
| 2010s | 32 | 30 | 33 | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.33 | 30 | 31 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More social development data for Brazil
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 278,966 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 6,306 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 2 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 2 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 6,306 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0013 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political rights score in Brazil?
- Political rights score in Brazil was 30 in 2025, according to Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest political rights score recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 33 in 2011.
- What is the lowest political rights score recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 30 in 2018.
- How does Brazil rank for political rights score?
- Brazil ranks 81st out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political rights score rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Political Rights Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Identifies the fine-grained extent of free and fair elections, political pluralism and participation, and a functioning government. Higher scores indicate more rights.