How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and United Kingdom?

237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Brazil vs United Kingdom: Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index

Brazil

0.86

in 2025

United Kingdom

0.848

in 2025

Brazil rank

56th

United Kingdom rank

58th

Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index over time

Brazil
United Kingdom

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 0.86 against 0.848 in United Kingdom, a difference of 0.012.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Brazil ranks 56th and United Kingdom ranks 58th of 176 countries.

United Kingdom has averaged higher in every one of the 25 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	United Kingdom	Difference	Ahead
1780s	0.111	0.388	0.277	United Kingdom
1790s	0.111	0.406	0.295	United Kingdom
1800s	0.111	0.4366	0.3256	United Kingdom
1810s	0.111	0.437	0.326	United Kingdom
1820s	0.1711	0.437	0.2659	United Kingdom
1830s	0.203	0.5685	0.3655	United Kingdom
1840s	0.203	0.6394	0.4364	United Kingdom
1850s	0.203	0.649	0.446	United Kingdom
1860s	0.203	0.6961	0.4931	United Kingdom
1870s	0.203	0.7485	0.5455	United Kingdom
1880s	0.2296	0.8241	0.5945	United Kingdom
1890s	0.3514	0.843	0.4916	United Kingdom
1900s	0.351	0.872	0.521	United Kingdom
1910s	0.349	0.8662	0.5172	United Kingdom
1920s	0.349	0.8942	0.5452	United Kingdom
1930s	0.3017	0.9042	0.6025	United Kingdom
1940s	0.3428	0.904	0.5612	United Kingdom
1950s	0.5456	0.9208	0.3752	United Kingdom
1960s	0.3313	0.9218	0.5905	United Kingdom
1970s	0.1806	0.932	0.7514	United Kingdom
1980s	0.4743	0.948	0.4737	United Kingdom
1990s	0.8281	0.9635	0.1354	United Kingdom
2000s	0.85	0.97	0.12	United Kingdom
2010s	0.8214	0.9455	0.1241	United Kingdom
2020s	0.7442	0.8903	0.1462	United Kingdom

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher individual liberties and equality before the law index, Brazil or United Kingdom?: Brazil, at 0.86 against 0.848 in United Kingdom as of 2025.
What is the difference in individual liberties and equality before the law index between Brazil and United Kingdom?: 0.012, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and United Kingdom?: 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
How do Brazil and United Kingdom rank globally for individual liberties and equality before the law index?: Brazil ranks 56th and United Kingdom ranks 58th of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,494 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which extent to which citizens enjoy physical integrity rights, freedoms of religion, of movement, and from forced labor, as well as access to justice, laws are transparent, and public administration is impartial.