Protecting investors, director liability index in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Protecting investors, director liability index was 1 in 2012. ▬ Flat
Protecting investors, director liability index in Sao Tome and Principe, 2005–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
Sao Tome and Principe recorded 1 for protecting investors, director liability index in 2012. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 32nd out of 51 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the middle of the range.
Protecting investors, director liability index in Sao Tome and Principe, 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% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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More private sector data for Sao Tome and Principe
- Merchandise trade 22.5% (2025)
- Food imports 31.8% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 37.1% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 183.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 98.2% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 1.5% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 38.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 158.17 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0387 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 31.03 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is protecting investors, director liability index in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Protecting investors, director liability index in Sao Tome and Principe 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 Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 2005.
- What is the lowest protecting investors, director liability index recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 2005.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for protecting investors, director liability index?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 32nd out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is protecting investors, director liability index rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sao Tome and Principe 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/.