Protecting investors, director liability index in Djibouti
Djibouti: Protecting investors, director liability index was 2 in 2012. ▬ Flat
Protecting investors, director liability index in Djibouti, 2005–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
Djibouti recorded 2 for protecting investors, director liability index in 2012. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
That places Djibouti 29th out of 51 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the middle of the range.
Protecting investors, director liability index in Djibouti, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2 | — |
| 2006 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2 | +0.0% |
Djibouti compared with similar countries
- Djibouti's 2 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2, 1.0× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Djibouti's 2 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3, 67% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Djibouti
- 26 Democratic Republic of Congo 3 compare
- 26 Egypt 3 compare
- 26 Mauritania 3 compare
- 29 Kenya 2 compare
- 29 Morocco 2 compare
- 32 Benin 1 compare
- 32 Burkina Faso 1 compare
- 32 Cameroon 1 compare
- 32 Central African Republic 1 compare
- 32 Chad 1 compare
- 32 Comoros 1 compare
- 32 Congo 1 compare
- 32 Cote d'Ivoire 1 compare
- 32 Equatorial Guinea 1 compare
- 32 Gabon 1 compare
- 32 Gambia 1 compare
- 32 Guinea 1 compare
- 32 Guinea-Bissau 1 compare
- 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
- 32 Zimbabwe 1 compare
More private sector data for Djibouti
- Merchandise trade 267.1% (2025)
- Food imports 38.6% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 51.9% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 6.26 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 694.21 million current US$ (2024)
- Food exports 41.5% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 56.6% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 6.09 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 842.19 million current US$ (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,143 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is protecting investors, director liability index in Djibouti?
- Protecting investors, director liability index in Djibouti was 2 in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest protecting investors, director liability index recorded in Djibouti?
- The highest recorded value was 2 in 2005.
- What is the lowest protecting investors, director liability index recorded in Djibouti?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 in 2005.
- How does Djibouti rank for protecting investors, director liability index?
- Djibouti ranks 29th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is protecting investors, director liability index rising or falling in Djibouti?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Djibouti 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/.