Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Brazil

Brazil: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 46.98 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
46.98 0-100
Change on year
up 1.8%
World rank
121st
of 205 countries
All-time high
54.03 0-100
in 2013
All-time low
43.82 0-100
in 2007
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Brazil, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 51.7 0-1001998: 47.8 0-1002000: 48.2 0-1002002: 50.3 0-1002003: 49.1 0-1002004: 47.1 0-1002005: 44.6 0-1002006: 44 0-1002007: 43.8 0-1002008: 49 0-1002009: 50.8 0-1002010: 51.2 0-1002011: 50.6 0-1002012: 51.2 0-1002013: 54 0-1002014: 50.9 0-1002015: 49.4 0-1002016: 49.4 0-1002017: 49.3 0-1002018: 47.3 0-1002019: 52.2 0-1002020: 49.6 0-1002021: 50 0-1002022: 46.8 0-1002023: 46.2 0-1002024: 47 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

In 2024, government effectiveness - governance score in Brazil stood at 46.98 0-100.

That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and down 7.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Brazil peaked at 54.03 0-100 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 43.82 0-100, in 2007.

That places Brazil 121st out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Brazil, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Brazil, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 51.68 0-100
1998 47.83 0-100 -7.4%
2000 48.19 0-100 +0.8%
2002 50.3 0-100 +4.4%
2003 49.05 0-100 -2.5%
2004 47.12 0-100 -3.9%
2005 44.63 0-100 -5.3%
2006 43.98 0-100 -1.5%
2007 43.82 0-100 -0.4%
2008 49.03 0-100 +11.9%
2009 50.85 0-100 +3.7%
2010 51.19 0-100 +0.7%
2011 50.65 0-100 -1.1%
2012 51.23 0-100 +1.2%
2013 54.03 0-100 +5.5%
2014 50.95 0-100 -5.7%
2015 49.36 0-100 -3.1%
2016 49.39 0-100 +0.1%
2017 49.3 0-100 -0.2%
2018 47.33 0-100 -4.0%
2019 52.17 0-100 +10.2%
2020 49.64 0-100 -4.9%
2021 50.01 0-100 +0.7%
2022 46.77 0-100 -6.5%
2023 46.16 0-100 -1.3%
2024 46.98 0-100 +1.8%

Brazil compared with similar countries

  • Brazil's 46.98 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 49.55 0-100, 95% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Brazil's 46.98 0-100 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 51.73 0-100, 91% of the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 49.76 0-100 47.83 0-100 51.68 0-100 2
2000s 47.44 0-100 43.82 0-100 50.85 0-100 9
2010s 50.56 0-100 47.33 0-100 54.03 0-100 10
2020s 47.91 0-100 46.16 0-100 50.01 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 118 Ecuador 47.07 0-100 compare
  2. 119 Mexico 47.06 0-100 compare
  3. 120 Maldives 47.04 0-100 compare
  4. 122 South Africa 46.95 0-100 compare
  5. 123 Tunisia 46.69 0-100 compare
  6. 124 Algeria 46.46 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Brazil?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Brazil was 46.98 0-100 in 2024, 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 54.03 0-100 in 2013.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 43.82 0-100 in 2007.
How does Brazil rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Brazil ranks 121st out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
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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Indicator
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100)
Unit
0-100
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
205 places, 5,161 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

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).