Getting credit, legal rights index in Congo
Congo: Getting credit, legal rights index was 6 in 2012. ▲ Rising
Getting credit, legal rights index in Congo, 2004–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
Congo recorded 6 for getting credit, legal rights index in 2012. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit, legal rights index in Congo peaked at 6 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 3, in 2004.
Congo ranks 15th of 51 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010s | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 15 Benin 6 compare
- 15 Burkina Faso 6 compare
- 15 Cameroon 6 compare
- 15 Chad 6 compare
- 15 Comoros 6 compare
- 15 Cote d'Ivoire 6 compare
- 15 Equatorial Guinea 6 compare
- 15 Gabon 6 compare
- 15 Guinea 6 compare
- 15 Guinea-Bissau 6 compare
- 15 Lesotho 6 compare
- 15 Mali 6 compare
- 15 Mauritius 6 compare
- 15 Niger 6 compare
- 15 Senegal 6 compare
- 15 Eswatini 6 compare
- 15 Togo 6 compare
More private sector data for Congo
- Merchandise trade 94.4% (2025)
- Food imports 21.2% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 71.4% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 7.90 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.2% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 10.3% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 7.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 225.02 million current US$ (2021)
- Transport services 33.8% (2021)
- Computer, communications and other services 61.4% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit, legal rights index in Congo?
- Getting credit, legal rights index in Congo was 6 in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest getting credit, legal rights index recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 6 in 2011.
- What is the lowest getting credit, legal rights index recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 in 2004.
- How does Congo rank for getting credit, legal rights index?
- Congo ranks 15th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is getting credit, legal rights index rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/), published as part of Getting credit, legal rights index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The strength of legal rights index measures the degree to which collateral and bankruptcy laws protect the rights of borrowers and lenders and thus facilitate lending. For more information, visit http://www.doingbusiness.org/MethodologySurveys/.