Protecting investors, director liability index in South Africa
South Africa: Protecting investors, director liability index was 8 in 2012. ▬ Flat
Protecting investors, director liability index in South Africa, 2005–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
South Africa recorded 8 for protecting investors, director liability index 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 South Africa 2nd out of 51 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the top 10%.
Protecting investors, director liability index in South Africa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 8 | — |
| 2006 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 8 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| 2010s | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
More private sector data for South Africa
- Merchandise trade 57.2% (2025)
- Food imports 7.2% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 62.1% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 128.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 12.8% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 38.3% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 116.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,798 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2725 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 5.74 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is protecting investors, director liability index in South Africa?
- Protecting investors, director liability index in South Africa was 8 in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest protecting investors, director liability index recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 8 in 2005.
- What is the lowest protecting investors, director liability index recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 in 2005.
- How does South Africa rank for protecting investors, director liability index?
- South Africa ranks 2nd out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is protecting investors, director liability index rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this South Africa 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/.