Protecting investors, director liability index in Tanzania, United Republic of
Tanzania, United Republic of: Protecting investors, director liability index was 4 in 2012. ▲ Rising
Protecting investors, director liability index in Tanzania, United Republic of, 2005–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
The most recent figure for protecting investors, director liability index in Tanzania, United Republic of is 4, measured in 2012. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 33.3% over ten years.
Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 22nd of 51 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.8 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 2010s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
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More private sector data for Tanzania, United Republic of
- Merchandise trade 27.5% (2025)
- Food imports 9.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 68.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 14.81 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 37.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 10.8% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 9.96 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 141.13 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1104 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 14.41 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is protecting investors, director liability index in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- Protecting investors, director liability index in Tanzania, United Republic of was 4 in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest protecting investors, director liability index recorded in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- The highest recorded value was 4 in 2006.
- What is the lowest protecting investors, director liability index recorded in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 in 2005.
- How does Tanzania, United Republic of rank for protecting investors, director liability index?
- Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 22nd out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is protecting investors, director liability index rising or falling in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tanzania, United Republic of 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/.