According to a survey carried out since 1989, support for democracy has been increasing in Brazil throughout the last decades. Between 1989 and 2023, the share of Brazilians who believed that democracy is always better than any other form of government increased by 31 percent points, reaching 74 percent in the most recent survey. In 2023, seven percent of respondents claimed that, under certain circumstances, dictatorship was preferable to a democratic regime.
Opinions on democracy being a better form of government than dictatorship in Brazil from 1989 to 2023
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Folha. (December 21, 2023). Opinions on democracy being a better form of government than dictatorship in Brazil from 1989 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267046/opinions-better-form-government-brazil/
Folha. "Opinions on democracy being a better form of government than dictatorship in Brazil from 1989 to 2023." Chart. December 21, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267046/opinions-better-form-government-brazil/
Folha. (2023). Opinions on democracy being a better form of government than dictatorship in Brazil from 1989 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267046/opinions-better-form-government-brazil/
Folha. "Opinions on Democracy Being a Better Form of Government than Dictatorship in Brazil from 1989 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267046/opinions-better-form-government-brazil/
Folha, Opinions on democracy being a better form of government than dictatorship in Brazil from 1989 to 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267046/opinions-better-form-government-brazil/ (last visited June 13, 2024)
Opinions on democracy being a better form of government than dictatorship in Brazil from 1989 to 2023 [Graph], Folha, December 21, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267046/opinions-better-form-government-brazil/