Getting credit, legal rights index in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Getting credit, legal rights index was 6 in 2012. ▲ Rising
Getting credit, legal rights index in Guinea-Bissau, 2005–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
In 2012, getting credit, legal rights index in Guinea-Bissau stood at 6. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is up 100.0% over ten years.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 15th of 51 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting credit, legal rights index in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | — |
| 2006 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6 | +100.0% |
| 2012 | 6 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010s | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
- 15 Benin 6 compare
- 15 Burkina Faso 6 compare
- 15 Cameroon 6 compare
- 15 Central African Republic 6 compare
- 15 Chad 6 compare
- 15 Comoros 6 compare
- 15 Congo 6 compare
- 15 Côte d'Ivoire 6 compare
- 15 Equatorial Guinea 6 compare
- 15 Gabon 6 compare
- 15 Guinea 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 Guinea-Bissau
- Merchandise trade 31.7% (2025)
- Food imports 41.7% (2018)
- Manufactures imports 38.6% (2018)
- Merchandise imports 489.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 68.5% (2018)
- Manufactures exports 0.0% (2015)
- Merchandise exports 313.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 139.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1238 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 36.68 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit, legal rights index in Guinea-Bissau?
- Getting credit, legal rights index in Guinea-Bissau 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 Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 6 in 2011.
- What is the lowest getting credit, legal rights index recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 in 2005.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for getting credit, legal rights index?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 15th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is getting credit, legal rights index rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau 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/.