Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Brazil
Brazil: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 51.61 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Brazil, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
In 2025, government effectiveness - governance score in Brazil stood at 51.61 0-100.
That represents a change of up 6.3% on the previous year and down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Brazil peaked at 58.07 0-100 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 44.63 0-100, in 2007.
That places Brazil 111th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Brazil, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 51.34 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 47.22 0-100 | -8.0% |
| 2000 | 47.64 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 50.08 0-100 | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 49.07 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 47.74 0-100 | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 45.52 0-100 | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 44.73 0-100 | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 44.63 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 54.57 0-100 | +22.3% |
| 2009 | 56.25 0-100 | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 56.31 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 55.82 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 56.31 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 58.07 0-100 | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 55.17 0-100 | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 53.16 0-100 | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 52.86 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 51.49 0-100 | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 49.45 0-100 | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 54.09 0-100 | +9.4% |
| 2020 | 51.91 0-100 | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 52.13 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 48.29 0-100 | -7.4% |
| 2023 | 47.23 0-100 | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 48.54 0-100 | +2.8% |
| 2025 | 51.61 0-100 | +6.3% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 51.61 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 51.87 0-100, 100% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 51.61 0-100 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 53.22 0-100, 97% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 49.28 0-100 | 47.22 0-100 | 51.34 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 48.91 0-100 | 44.63 0-100 | 56.25 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 54.27 0-100 | 49.45 0-100 | 58.07 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 49.95 0-100 | 47.23 0-100 | 52.13 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More reference data data for Brazil
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 13.82 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 72.83 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 139.27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 9.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 139.27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 46.34 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 18.99 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 405.35 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 699.19 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 49.04 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Brazil?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Brazil was 51.61 0-100 in 2025, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
- What is the highest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 58.07 0-100 in 2013.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.63 0-100 in 2007.
- How does Brazil rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Brazil ranks 111th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Government Effectiveness (GE) captures perceptions of the quality of public services, the civil service, policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of a government’s decisions. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).