Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Protecting investors, shareholder suits index was 5 in 2012. ▬ Flat
Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Guinea-Bissau, 2005–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
The most recent figure for protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Guinea-Bissau is 5, 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 Guinea-Bissau 20th out of 51 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the middle of the range.
Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | — |
| 2006 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 5 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 2010s | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
More private sector data for Guinea-Bissau
- Merchandise trade 31.7% (2025)
- Food imports 41.7% (2018)
- Manufactures imports 38.6% (2018)
- Merchandise imports 489.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 68.5% (2018)
- Manufactures exports 0.0% (2015)
- Merchandise exports 313.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 139.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1238 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 36.68 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Guinea-Bissau?
- Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Guinea-Bissau was 5 in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest protecting investors, shareholder suits index recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 5 in 2005.
- What is the lowest protecting investors, shareholder suits index recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 in 2005.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for protecting investors, shareholder suits index?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 20th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is protecting investors, shareholder suits index rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau 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/.