Brazil: share of people who think corruption has increased over the past year in 2019

Published by Statista Research Department, Nov 3, 2023

In a survey conducted in 2019, around 54 percent of respondents in Brazil claimed that corruption had increased throughout the past year. Meanwhile, approximately eight every ten Brazilians surveyed said that ordinary people can make a difference in the fight against corruption.

Share of respondents who think corruption has increased over the past year in Brazil as of 2019

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Yes	54%
No / Other answer*	46%

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Release date

September 2019

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Region

Brazil

Survey time period

February 27 to April 2, 2019

Number of respondents

1,000 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Computer-assisted personal interviews (CAPI)

Supplementary notes

* Figure calculated by Statista based on the source's data.
For the sake of simplicity, the wording chosen for this statistic may differ slightly from the one in the survey.
The statistic represents the share of people who agreed or disagreed with the following statement: "Na sua opinião, no ano passado, o nível de corrupção neste país aumentou, diminuiu ou ficou o mesmo?".
Possible answers were: "Increased, indeed", "Increased a bit", "Remained the same", "Decreased a bit", "Decreased a lot" and "I don't know".
This statistic excludes respondents who did not answer.

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