Getting credit, legal rights index in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Getting credit, legal rights index was 4 in 2012. ▬ Flat
Getting credit, legal rights index in Ethiopia, 2004–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 4 for getting credit, legal rights index in 2012. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit, legal rights index in Ethiopia peaked at 4 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 4, in 2004.
That places Ethiopia 35th out of 51 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the middle of the range.
Getting credit, legal rights index in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 4 | — |
| 2005 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 4 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 2010s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 34 Gambia 5 compare
- 35 Seychelles 4 compare
- 35 Sudan 4 compare
- 38 Algeria 3 compare
- 38 Angola 3 compare
- 38 Burundi 3 compare
- 38 Cape Verde 3 compare
- 38 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 3 compare
- 38 Egypt 3 compare
- 38 Mauritania 3 compare
- 38 Morocco 3 compare
- 38 Mozambique 3 compare
- 38 Tunisia 3 compare
More private sector data for Ethiopia
- Merchandise trade 24.2% (2025)
- Food imports 13.8% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 69.2% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 23.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 80.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 9.2% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 7.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 55.99 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.06 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 38.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit, legal rights index in Ethiopia?
- Getting credit, legal rights index in Ethiopia was 4 in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest getting credit, legal rights index recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 4 in 2004.
- What is the lowest getting credit, legal rights index recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 in 2004.
- How does Ethiopia rank for getting credit, legal rights index?
- Ethiopia ranks 35th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is getting credit, legal rights index rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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/.