Cape Verde vs North Africa: Protecting investors, shareholder suits index
Protecting investors, shareholder suits index over time
- Cape Verde
- North Africa
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 6 against 4.2 in North Africa, a difference of 1.8.
That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.4 times North Africa's.
Across all 8 years both countries report, Cape Verde has been ahead every year.
Cape Verde ranks 8th and North Africa ranks 6th of 51 countries.
Cape Verde has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | North Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6 | 3.2 | 2.8 | Cape Verde |
| 2010s | 6 | 3.87 | 2.13 | Cape Verde |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher protecting investors, shareholder suits index, Cape Verde or North Africa?
- Cape Verde, at 6 against 4.2 in North Africa as of 2012.
- What is the difference in protecting investors, shareholder suits index between Cape Verde and North Africa?
- 1.8, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and North Africa?
- 8 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2012.
- How do Cape Verde and North Africa rank globally for protecting investors, shareholder suits index?
- Cape Verde ranks 8th and North Africa ranks 6th of 51 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/), published as Protecting investors, shareholder suits index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Doing Business measures the strength of minority shareholder protections against directors’ misuse of corporate assets for personal gain. The indicators distinguish 3 dimensions of investor protection: transparency of transactions (extent of disclosure index), liability for self-dealing (extent of director liability index) and shareholders’ ability to sue officers and directors for misconduct (ease of shareholder suits index). The data come from a survey of corporate lawyers and are based on company laws, court rules of evidence and securities regulations. For more information, visit http://www.doingbusiness.org/MethodologySurveys/.