Protecting investors, director liability index in Mali
Mali: Protecting investors, director liability index was 1 in 2012. ▬ Flat
Protecting investors, director liability index in Mali, 2005–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
Mali recorded 1 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.
Mali ranks 32nd of 51 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Protecting investors, director liability index in Mali, 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 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1 | +0.0% |
Mali compared with similar countries
- Mali's 1 is below the median for low income countries, which is 4, 25% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Mali's 1 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3.5, 29% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Mali
- 29 Djibouti 2 compare
- 29 Kenya 2 compare
- 29 Morocco 2 compare
- 32 Benin 1 compare
- 32 Burkina Faso 1 compare
- 32 Cameroon 1 compare
- 32 Central African Republic 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 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 Mali
- Merchandise trade 39.3% (2025)
- Food imports 13.5% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 49.3% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 6.98 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 1.80 billion current US$ (2024)
- Food exports 6.2% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 6.5% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 4.86 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 436.55 million current US$ (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 192.67 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is protecting investors, director liability index in Mali?
- Protecting investors, director liability index in Mali was 1 in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest protecting investors, director liability index recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 2005.
- What is the lowest protecting investors, director liability index recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 2005.
- How does Mali rank for protecting investors, director liability index?
- Mali ranks 32nd out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is protecting investors, director liability index rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Mali 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/.