Protecting investors, director liability index in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Protecting investors, director liability index was 1 in 2012. ▬ Flat
Protecting investors, director liability index in Burkina Faso, 2005–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
In 2012, protecting investors, director liability index in Burkina Faso stood at 1. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
That places Burkina Faso 32nd out of 51 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the middle of the range.
Protecting investors, director liability index in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1 | — |
| 2006 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
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- 32 Liberia 1 compare
- 32 Mali 1 compare
- 32 Niger 1 compare
- 32 Sao Tome and Principe 1 compare
- 32 Senegal 1 compare
- 32 Togo 1 compare
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More private sector data for Burkina Faso
- Merchandise trade 67.5% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 46.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 7.57 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 7.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 2.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 11.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 460.07 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4009 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 96.38 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is protecting investors, director liability index in Burkina Faso?
- Protecting investors, director liability index in Burkina Faso was 1 in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest protecting investors, director liability index recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 2005.
- What is the lowest protecting investors, director liability index recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 2005.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for protecting investors, director liability index?
- Burkina Faso ranks 32nd out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is protecting investors, director liability index rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/), published as part of Protecting investors, director liability index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Director liability index measures a plaintiff’s ability to hold directors of firms liable for damages to the company, that is, 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/.