Protecting investors, director liability index in Kenya
Kenya: Protecting investors, director liability index was 2 in 2012. ▬ Flat
Protecting investors, director liability index in Kenya, 2005–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
The most recent figure for protecting investors, director liability index in Kenya is 2, measured in 2012. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
That places Kenya 29th 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 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 26 Democratic Republic of Congo 3 compare
- 26 Egypt 3 compare
- 26 Mauritania 3 compare
- 29 Djibouti 2 compare
- 29 Morocco 2 compare
- 32 Benin 1 compare
- 32 Burkina Faso 1 compare
- 32 Cameroon 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 Kenya
- Merchandise trade 22.2% (2025)
- Food imports 16.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 56.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 21.61 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 49.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 30.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 8.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 7.49 billion current US$ (2024)
- Transport services 34.6% (2024)
- Computer, communications and other services 35.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is protecting investors, director liability index in Kenya?
- Protecting investors, director liability index in Kenya 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 2 in 2005.
- What is the lowest protecting investors, director liability index recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 in 2005.
- How does Kenya rank for protecting investors, director liability index?
- Kenya ranks 29th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is protecting investors, director liability index rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Kenya 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/.