WJP Rule of Law Index · updated 2026-10-03 · 143 economies tracked
0.5 (2025)
##77 of 143 economies
1.0×
0.87×
1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher
Real annual global ranks, 2013 - 2025. Brazil climbed from #38 to #77 (overtook Belize). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.
Key events for Brazil ↓Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones
GDP contracts for two consecutive years amid political turmoil.
Pandemic and commodity shock hit output hard.
Rule of Law (percentile rank), Control of Corruption (percentile rank), Criminal Justice, Regulatory Quality (percentile rank)
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