Brazil vs Costa Rica: Transparent laws
Brazil
1
in 2025
Costa Rica
1
in 2025
Brazil rank
1st
Costa Rica rank
1st
Transparent laws over time
- Brazil
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 1 against 1 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.
Across all 188 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 1st and Costa Rica ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 20 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | Costa Rica |
| 1890s | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | Costa Rica |
| 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 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.8 | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher transparent laws, Brazil or Costa Rica?
- Brazil, at 1 against 1 in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in transparent laws between Brazil and Costa Rica?
- 0, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Costa Rica?
- 188 years are reported by both, from 1838 to 2025.
- How do Brazil and Costa Rica rank globally for transparent laws?
- Brazil ranks 1st and Costa Rica 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.