Protecting investors, director liability index in Eswatini
Eswatini: Protecting investors, director liability index was 5 in 2012. ◆ Volatile
Protecting investors, director liability index in Eswatini, 2005–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 5 for protecting investors, director liability index in 2012. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 400.0% over ten years.
Eswatini ranks 16th of 51 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Protecting investors, director liability index in Eswatini, 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 | 5 | +400.0% |
| 2011 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 5 | +0.0% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 5 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2, 2.5× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Eswatini'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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010s | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
More private sector data for Eswatini
- Merchandise trade 86.4% (2025)
- Food imports 19.6% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 58.1% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 2.09 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 727.36 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 29.7% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 59.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 2.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 311.96 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,887 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is protecting investors, director liability index in Eswatini?
- Protecting investors, director liability index in Eswatini 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 Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 5 in 2010.
- What is the lowest protecting investors, director liability index recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 2005.
- How does Eswatini rank for protecting investors, director liability index?
- Eswatini ranks 16th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is protecting investors, director liability index rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 400.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eswatini 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/.