Protecting investors, director liability index in Eritrea
Eritrea: Protecting investors, director liability index was 5 in 2012. ▬ Flat
Protecting investors, director liability index in Eritrea, 2005–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 5 for protecting investors, director liability index in 2012. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Eritrea ranks 16th of 51 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Protecting investors, director liability index in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | — |
| 2006 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 5 | +0.0% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 5 is above the median for low income countries, which is 4, 1.2× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 5 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3.5, 1.4× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 2010s | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More private sector data for Eritrea
- Merchandise trade 29.4% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 524.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 23.69 million current US$ (2000)
- Merchandise exports 631.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 54.12 million current US$ (2000)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 174.94 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2082 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 145.27 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.46 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is protecting investors, director liability index in Eritrea?
- Protecting investors, director liability index in Eritrea was 5 in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest protecting investors, director liability index recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 5 in 2005.
- What is the lowest protecting investors, director liability index recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 in 2005.
- How does Eritrea rank for protecting investors, director liability index?
- Eritrea ranks 16th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is protecting investors, director liability index rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Eritrea 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/.