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Brazil

Brazil is a constitutional, multiparty republic governed by a democratically elected government. Elections are reported to be free and fair.
The government prosecuted officials who committed abuses
  • however, impunity and a lack of accountability for security forces was a problem, and an inefficient judicial process at times delayed justice for perpetrators as well as victims.

The overall score indicates that there are substantial risks of potential human rights violations in this country. This may also include the tourism sector. Relevant risks for the tourism sector are, e.g.:
  • Corruption by officials
  • Lack of investigation of and accountability for violence against women
  • Threats of violence against members of racial and indigenous groups, LGBTQI+ persons
  • Trafficking in persons

For better comparability, we have converted the original scores of the indices to a uniform scale of 1-100 (1 most negative, 100 most positive).

In the following table you find these recalculated values and the original score in brackets behind them.

For information and a link to the original index click on "?" in the table.

The Overall Score is the geometric mean of all converted values for each country. It is subcategorized in five risk categories with colour gradations that can be seen in the map.

You can find more details on the methodology here.

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Overall Score

51/100

Global Rights Index

10,0/100 (5)

Human Development Index

75,4/100 (0,754)

Kids Rights Index

71,1/100 (0,711)

Children's Rights in the Workplace Index

63,0/100 (3,7)

Global Slavery Index

63,6/100 (36,38)

Trafficking in persons report

62,5/100 (T2)

Global Gender Gap Index

69,6/100 (0,696)

Rule of Law Index

49,0/100 (0,49)

Fragile States Index

38,4/100 (73,9)

Freedom in the World Index

73,0/100 (73)

Environmental Performance Index

43,6/100 (43,6)

Corruption Perceptions Index

38,0/100 (38)

Equality Index

81,0/100 (81)