Brazil vs Canada: Human rights

Human rights in 2025: 0.87 of 1 in Brazil and 0.9 of 1 in Canada, by V-Dem estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 0.03 of 1, or 1.03 times that in Brazil.

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What the numbers say

Canada has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1841.
In 2025, Brazil ranked 53 and Canada ranked 35 of 175 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 0.65 of 1 in 2025.

Every year

index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

Year	Brazil	Canada	World
2025	0.87	0.9	0.65
2024	0.85	0.9	0.65
2023	0.85	0.9	0.66
2022	0.67	0.9	0.66
2021	0.67	0.93	0.67
2020	0.68	0.93	0.67
2019	0.69	0.93	0.68
2018	0.79	0.93	0.68
2017	0.82	0.93	0.68
2016	0.84	0.93	0.68
2015	0.86	0.94	0.69
2014	0.86	0.94	0.69
2013	0.86	0.94	0.7
2012	0.86	0.93	0.7
2011	0.87	0.93	0.7
2010	0.87	0.93	0.7
2009	0.87	0.93	0.69
2008	0.87	0.93	0.69
2007	0.87	0.93	0.69
2006	0.87	0.93	0.69
2005	0.87	0.93	0.69
2004	0.83	0.93	0.69
2003	0.83	0.93	0.69
2002	0.83	0.93	0.68
2001	0.82	0.93	0.68
2000	0.82	0.94	0.67
1999	0.82	0.94	0.66
1998	0.82	0.94	0.65
1997	0.82	0.94	0.65
1996	0.82	0.93	0.65
1995	0.82	0.93	0.65
1994	0.82	0.93	0.64
1993	0.82	0.93	0.63
1992	0.82	0.93	0.62
1991	0.82	0.93	0.6
1990	0.82	0.93	0.57
1989	0.81	0.93	0.51
1988	0.8	0.93	0.5
1987	0.73	0.93	0.5
1986	0.7	0.93	0.49
1985	0.55	0.93	0.48
1984	0.4	0.93	0.47
1983	0.39	0.93	0.47
1982	0.39	0.92	0.46
1981	0.39	0.92	0.46
1980	0.39	0.92	0.46
1979	0.34	0.93	0.45
1978	0.24	0.93	0.44
1977	0.23	0.93	0.44
1976	0.23	0.93	0.44
1975	0.21	0.92	0.44
1974	0.21	0.92	0.43
1973	0.21	0.92	0.43
1972	0.21	0.92	0.44
1971	0.21	0.92	0.44
1970	0.21	0.92	0.44
1969	0.2	0.91	0.44
1968	0.22	0.91	0.45
1967	0.22	0.91	0.45
1966	0.22	0.91	0.46
1965	0.23	0.91	0.46
1964	0.33	0.91	0.46
1963	0.61	0.91	0.46
1962	0.6	0.9	0.46
1961	0.6	0.9	0.46
1960	0.6	0.9	0.46
1959	0.6	0.88	0.44
1958	0.6	0.88	0.44
1957	0.6	0.88	0.43
1956	0.61	0.88	0.43
1955	0.6	0.88	0.43
1954	0.57	0.88	0.43
1953	0.57	0.88	0.43
1952	0.57	0.88	0.43
1951	0.57	0.88	0.43
1950	0.57	0.88	0.42
1949	0.57	0.87	0.42
1948	0.56	0.87	0.42
1947	0.56	0.87	0.42
1946	0.56	0.87	0.42
1945	0.36	0.83	0.38
1944	0.26	0.83	0.35
1943	0.26	0.83	0.35
1942	0.26	0.83	0.35
1941	0.26	0.83	0.35
1940	0.26	0.84	0.36
1939	0.26	0.84	0.38
1938	0.25	0.86	0.39
1937	0.26	0.86	0.39
1936	0.38	0.86	0.39
1935	0.38	0.86	0.4
1934	0.39	0.85	0.4
1933	0.39	0.84	0.4
1932	0.39	0.84	0.41
1931	0.39	0.84	0.41
1930	0.41	0.84	0.41
1929	0.44	0.84	0.41
1928	0.44	0.84	0.41
1927	0.44	0.84	0.41
1926	0.43	0.84	0.41
1925	0.43	0.84	0.41
1924	0.43	0.84	0.42
1923	0.43	0.84	0.41
1922	0.44	0.84	0.42
1921	0.44	0.84	0.42
1920	0.44	0.84	0.42
1919	0.44	0.84	0.41
1918	0.44	0.83	0.4
1917	0.44	0.83	0.39
1916	0.44	0.83	0.39
1915	0.44	0.83	0.4
1914	0.44	0.83	0.4
1913	0.44	0.85	0.41
1912	0.44	0.85	0.41
1911	0.44	0.85	0.41
1910	0.44	0.85	0.41
1909	0.44	0.85	0.41
1908	0.44	0.85	0.41
1907	0.44	0.85	0.41
1906	0.44	0.85	0.41
1905	0.44	0.85	0.41
1904	0.42	0.85	0.41
1903	0.42	0.85	0.41
1902	0.42	0.85	0.41
1901	0.42	0.85	0.41
1900	0.43	0.85	0.41
1899	0.44	0.84	0.47
1898	0.44	0.84	0.47
1897	0.47	0.84	0.46
1896	0.47	0.84	0.47
1895	0.45	0.84	0.46
1894	0.42	0.84	0.46
1893	0.41	0.84	0.46
1892	0.41	0.84	0.45
1891	0.44	0.84	0.45
1890	0.44	0.84	0.45
1889	0.5	0.84	0.45
1888	0.48	0.84	0.45
1887	0.39	0.84	0.45
1886	0.35	0.84	0.44
1885	0.35	0.84	0.44
1884	0.38	0.84	0.44
1883	0.38	0.84	0.44
1882	0.38	0.84	0.44
1881	0.38	0.84	0.44
1880	0.38	0.84	0.44
1879	0.38	0.84	0.45
1878	0.38	0.84	0.45
1877	0.38	0.84	0.44
1876	0.38	0.84	0.45
1875	0.38	0.84	0.45
1874	0.38	0.84	0.45
1873	0.38	0.84	0.45
1872	0.38	0.84	0.44
1871	0.38	0.84	0.45
1870	0.38	0.84	0.44
1869	0.38	0.84	0.44
1868	0.38	0.84	0.43
1867	0.38	0.84	0.44
1866	0.38	0.84	0.43
1865	0.38	0.84	0.43
1864	0.38	0.84	0.42
1863	0.38	0.84	0.43
1862	0.38	0.84	0.43
1861	0.38	0.84	0.42
1860	0.38	0.84	0.41
1859	0.38	0.84	0.4
1858	0.38	0.84	0.4
1857	0.38	0.84	0.4
1856	0.38	0.84	0.4
1855	0.38	0.84	0.4
1854	0.38	0.84	0.4
1853	0.38	0.84	0.4
1852	0.38	0.84	0.39
1851	0.38	0.84	0.39
1850	0.38	0.84	0.39
1849	0.38	0.84	0.41
1848	0.38	0.84	0.4
1847	0.38	0.84	0.38
1846	0.38	0.84	0.38
1845	0.38	0.84	0.37
1844	0.38	0.84	0.37
1843	0.38	0.84	0.37
1842	0.38	0.84	0.37
1841	0.38	0.84	0.37
1840	0.38	–	0.36
1839	0.38	–	0.36
1838	0.38	–	0.36
1837	0.38	–	0.36
1836	0.38	–	0.36
1835	0.38	–	0.36
1834	0.38	–	0.35
1833	0.38	–	0.35
1832	0.38	–	0.35
1831	0.38	–	0.35
1830	0.38	–	0.35
1829	0.38	–	0.35
1828	0.38	–	0.35
1827	0.38	–	0.35
1826	0.38	–	0.35
1825	0.38	–	0.35
1824	0.37	–	0.34
1823	0.37	–	0.35
1822	0.23	–	0.34
1821	0.17	–	0.34
1820	0.17	–	0.33
1819	0.16	–	0.32
1818	0.16	–	0.31
1817	0.16	–	0.31
1816	0.16	–	0.32
1815	0.16	–	0.32
1814	0.16	–	0.3
1813	0.16	–	0.29
1812	0.16	–	0.28
1811	0.16	–	0.28
1810	0.16	–	0.29
1809	0.16	–	0.29
1808	0.16	–	0.28
1807	0.14	–	0.28
1806	0.14	–	0.27
1805	0.14	–	0.27
1804	0.14	–	0.27
1803	0.14	–	0.27
1802	0.14	–	0.27
1801	0.14	–	0.27
1800	0.14	–	0.27
1799	0.14	–	0.28
1798	0.14	–	0.27
1797	0.14	–	0.27
1796	0.14	–	0.27
1795	0.14	–	0.27
1794	0.14	–	0.27
1793	0.14	–	0.27
1792	0.14	–	0.27
1791	0.14	–	0.27
1790	0.14	–	0.27
1789	0.14	–	0.27

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V-Dem’s civil liberties index: how free people are from government violence and how far they hold private and political liberties, from 0 to 1.
Source: V-Dem (2026), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 175 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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