Protecting investors, director liability index in Ghana
Ghana: Protecting investors, director liability index was 5 in 2012. ▬ Flat
Protecting investors, director liability index in Ghana, 2005–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
Ghana 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.
That places Ghana 16th out of 51 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 2010s | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More private sector data for Ghana
- Merchandise trade 42.5% (2025)
- Food imports 13.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 51.5% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 17.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 18.1% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 6.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 31.11 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 887.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2724 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 62.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is protecting investors, director liability index in Ghana?
- Protecting investors, director liability index in Ghana 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 Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 5 in 2005.
- What is the lowest protecting investors, director liability index recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 in 2005.
- How does Ghana rank for protecting investors, director liability index?
- Ghana ranks 16th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is protecting investors, director liability index rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Ghana 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/.