Protecting investors, director liability index in Mauritania
Mauritania: Protecting investors, director liability index was 3 in 2012. ▬ Flat
Protecting investors, director liability index in Mauritania, 2005–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
In 2012, protecting investors, director liability index in Mauritania stood at 3. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
That places Mauritania 26th out of 51 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the middle of the range.
Protecting investors, director liability index in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | — |
| 2006 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 3 | +0.0% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 3 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2, 1.5× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 3 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3.5, 86% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010s | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More private sector data for Mauritania
- Merchandise trade 87.3% (2025)
- Food imports 23.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 40.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 5.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 989.30 million current US$ (2024)
- Food exports 25.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 0.5% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 4.51 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 123.61 million current US$ (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 848.53 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is protecting investors, director liability index in Mauritania?
- Protecting investors, director liability index in Mauritania was 3 in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest protecting investors, director liability index recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 3 in 2005.
- What is the lowest protecting investors, director liability index recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 in 2005.
- How does Mauritania rank for protecting investors, director liability index?
- Mauritania ranks 26th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is protecting investors, director liability index rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Mauritania 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/.