Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Benin
Benin: Protecting investors, shareholder suits index was 3 in 2012. ▬ Flat
Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Benin, 2005–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
In 2012, protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Benin stood at 3. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
That places Benin 40th out of 51 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010s | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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More private sector data for Benin
- Merchandise trade 36.4% (2025)
- Food imports 33.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 50.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 4.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 39.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 7.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.99 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 451.05 million current US$ (2023)
- Transport services 41.1% (2023)
- Computer, communications and other services 52.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Benin?
- Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Benin was 3 in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest protecting investors, shareholder suits index recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 3 in 2005.
- What is the lowest protecting investors, shareholder suits index recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 in 2005.
- How does Benin rank for protecting investors, shareholder suits index?
- Benin ranks 40th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is protecting investors, shareholder suits index rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/), published as part of Protecting investors, shareholder suits index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Doing Business 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/.