Protecting investors, director liability index in Burundi
Burundi: Protecting investors, director liability index was 6 in 2012. ◆ Volatile
Protecting investors, director liability index in Burundi, 2005–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
In 2012, protecting investors, director liability index in Burundi stood at 6. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 500.0% over ten years.
That places Burundi 10th out of 51 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010s | 4.33 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
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More private sector data for Burundi
- Merchandise trade 45.2% (2025)
- Food imports 13.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 61.1% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 1.19 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 46.0% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 15.2% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 332.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 77.22 million current US$ (2025)
- Transport services 60.3% (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services 19.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is protecting investors, director liability index in Burundi?
- Protecting investors, director liability index in Burundi was 6 in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest protecting investors, director liability index recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 6 in 2011.
- What is the lowest protecting investors, director liability index recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 2005.
- How does Burundi rank for protecting investors, director liability index?
- Burundi ranks 10th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is protecting investors, director liability index rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 500.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Burundi 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/.