Protecting investors, director liability index in Tunisia
Tunisia: Protecting investors, director liability index was 7 in 2012. ▲ Rising
Protecting investors, director liability index in Tunisia, 2005–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 7 for protecting investors, director liability index in 2012. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 75.0% over ten years.
Tunisia ranks 6th of 51 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.8 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
| 2010s | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
More private sector data for Tunisia
- Merchandise trade 86.8% (2025)
- Food imports 11.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 63.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 28.59 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 14.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 77.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 21.29 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,724 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3703 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is protecting investors, director liability index in Tunisia?
- Protecting investors, director liability index in Tunisia was 7 in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest protecting investors, director liability index recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 7 in 2009.
- What is the lowest protecting investors, director liability index recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 in 2005.
- How does Tunisia rank for protecting investors, director liability index?
- Tunisia ranks 6th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is protecting investors, director liability index rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tunisia 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/.