Rule of law during each president's tenure

Every president since 1991, ranked by how the rule of law changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

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#	President	In office	Total	Per year
1	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva	1 Jan 2003 – 1 Jan 2011	+4.8 points 2002 → 2010	+0.6 points/yr
2	Jair Bolsonaro	1 Jan 2019 – 1 Jan 2023	−0.5 points 2018 → 2022	−0.1 points/yr
3	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva	1 Jan 2023 – now	−1.0 points 2022 → 2025	−0.3 points/yr
4	Dilma Rousseff	1 Jan 2011 – 31 Aug 2016	−1.5 points 2010 → 2016	−0.2 points/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in points; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. points, 0 to 100, higher is better · World Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_RL.SC): confidence in contracts, property rights, the police and the courts, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval · Brazil data · as of Sep 2026.