Barbados vs Brazil: Transparent laws
Barbados
1
in 2025
Brazil
1
in 2025
Barbados rank
1st
Brazil rank
1st
Transparent laws over time
- Barbados
- Brazil
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 1 against 1 in Brazil, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Brazil ahead.
Barbados ranks 1st and Brazil ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 1 and Brazil in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Brazil | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | Brazil |
| 1990s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Brazil |
| 2000s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Brazil |
| 2010s | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | Brazil |
| 2020s | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher transparent laws, Barbados or Brazil?
- Barbados, at 1 against 1 in Brazil as of 2025.
- What is the difference in transparent laws between Barbados and Brazil?
- 0, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Brazil?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Brazil rank globally for transparent laws?
- Barbados ranks 1st and Brazil ranks 1st of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Transparent laws. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Central estimate of whether laws are transparent, coherent, and relatively stable, and their enforcement predictable.