Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Gabon
Gabon: Protecting investors, shareholder suits index was 3 in 2012. ▬ Flat
Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Gabon, 2005–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
The most recent figure for protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Gabon is 3, measured in 2012. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
That places Gabon 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 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
More private sector data for Gabon
- Merchandise trade 72.8% (2025)
- Food imports 15.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 76.4% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 4.00 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.9% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 17.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 11.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 273.34 million current US$ (2015)
- Transport services 31.2% (2015)
- Computer, communications and other services 50.6% (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Gabon?
- Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Gabon 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 Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 3 in 2005.
- What is the lowest protecting investors, shareholder suits index recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 in 2005.
- How does Gabon rank for protecting investors, shareholder suits index?
- Gabon ranks 40th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is protecting investors, shareholder suits index rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Gabon 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/.