Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: Protecting investors, shareholder suits index was 6 in 2012. ▬ Flat
Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Cape Verde, 2005–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
Cape Verde recorded 6 for protecting investors, shareholder suits index in 2012. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
That places Cape Verde 8th out of 51 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the top quarter.
Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Cape Verde, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 6 | — |
| 2006 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 6 | +0.0% |
Cape Verde compared with similar countries
- Cape Verde's 6 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4, 1.5× the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Cape Verde's 6 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5, 1.2× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 2010s | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Cape Verde
More private sector data for Cape Verde
- Merchandise trade 70.0% (2025)
- Food imports 32.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 50.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 2.04 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 328.28 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 86.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 13.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 96.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 916.62 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 182.05 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Cape Verde?
- Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Cape Verde was 6 in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest protecting investors, shareholder suits index recorded in Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 6 in 2005.
- What is the lowest protecting investors, shareholder suits index recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 in 2005.
- How does Cape Verde rank for protecting investors, shareholder suits index?
- Cape Verde ranks 8th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is protecting investors, shareholder suits index rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Cape Verde 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/.