Protecting investors, director liability index in Madagascar
Madagascar: Protecting investors, director liability index was 6 in 2012. ▬ Flat
Protecting investors, director liability index in Madagascar, 2005–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
In 2012, protecting investors, director liability index in Madagascar stood at 6. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Madagascar ranks 10th of 51 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 2010s | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
More private sector data for Madagascar
- Merchandise trade 39.4% (2025)
- Food imports 18.4% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 58.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 5.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 30.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 32.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 2.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.52 billion current US$ (2024)
- Transport services 42.0% (2024)
- Computer, communications and other services 42.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is protecting investors, director liability index in Madagascar?
- Protecting investors, director liability index in Madagascar was 6 in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest protecting investors, director liability index recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 6 in 2005.
- What is the lowest protecting investors, director liability index recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 in 2005.
- How does Madagascar rank for protecting investors, director liability index?
- Madagascar ranks 10th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is protecting investors, director liability index rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Madagascar 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/.