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Protecting investors, investor protection index by country

Protecting investors disclosure index measures the degree to which investors are protected through disclosure of ownership and financial information. For more information, visit http://www.doingbusiness.org/MethodologySurveys/.

Countries reporting
51
Highest
8
South Africa
Lowest
2.3
Djibouti
Median
4.3
Years covered
8
2005–2012
Data points
455

What the numbers show

Protecting investors, investor protection index is currently reported for 51 countries. The highest value is 8 in South Africa; the lowest is 2.3 in Djibouti.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.3, and the mean is 4.55.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Protecting investors, investor protection index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Africa 8 2012 unchanged flat
2 Mauritius 7.7 2012 unchanged flat
3 Rwanda 6.3 2012 up 133.3% rising
3 Sierra Leone 6.3 2012 up 10.5% rising
5 Tunisia 6 2012 up 81.8% rising
5 Botswana 6 2012 up 39.5% rising
5 Burundi 6 2012 up 81.8% rising
5 Mozambique 6 2012 up 27.7% rising
5 Ghana 6 2012 unchanged flat
10 Angola 5.7 2012 unchanged flat
10 Seychelles 5.7 2012 unchanged flat
10 Nigeria 5.7 2012 unchanged flat
10 Madagascar 5.7 2012 unchanged flat
14 Namibia 5.3 2012 unchanged flat
14 Zambia 5.3 2012 unchanged flat
14 Algeria 5.3 2012 unchanged flat
14 Malawi 5.3 2012 unchanged flat
14 Egypt 5.3 2012 up 6.0% rising
19 Tanzania, United Republic of 5 2012 up 25.0% rising
19 Kenya 5 2012 unchanged flat
19 Lesotho 5 2012 up 35.1% rising
19 Morocco 5 2012 up 66.7% rising
23 Eritrea 4.7 2012 unchanged flat
24 Zimbabwe 4.3 2012 unchanged flat
24 Eswatini 4.3 2012 up 115.0% rising
24 Cameroon 4.3 2012 unchanged flat
24 Ethiopia 4.3 2012 unchanged flat
28 Central African Republic 4 2012 unchanged flat
28 Uganda 4 2012 unchanged flat
28 Cape Verde 4 2012 unchanged flat
28 Comoros 4 2012 unchanged flat
28 Guinea-Bissau 4 2012 unchanged flat
33 Burkina Faso 3.7 2012 unchanged flat
33 Equatorial Guinea 3.7 2012 unchanged flat
33 Liberia 3.7 2012 unchanged flat
33 Togo 3.7 2012 unchanged flat
33 Mauritania 3.7 2012 unchanged flat
33 Mali 3.7 2012 up 12.1% rising
39 Gabon 3.3 2012 unchanged flat
39 Benin 3.3 2012 unchanged flat
39 Chad 3.3 2012 unchanged flat
39 Côte d'Ivoire 3.3 2012 unchanged flat
39 Sao Tome and Principe 3.3 2012 unchanged flat
39 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 3.3 2012 unchanged flat
39 Congo 3.3 2012 unchanged flat
39 Niger 3.3 2012 unchanged flat
39 Sudan 3.3 2012 unchanged flat
48 Senegal 3 2012 unchanged flat
49 Gambia 2.7 2012 unchanged flat
49 Guinea 2.7 2012 unchanged flat
51 Djibouti 2.3 2012 unchanged flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Protecting investors, investor protection index
Source
World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
57 places, 455 data points, 2005–2012
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Protecting investors disclosure index measures the degree to which investors are protected through disclosure of ownership and financial information. For more information, visit http://www.doingbusiness.org/MethodologySurveys/.