Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Guinea
Guinea: Protecting investors, shareholder suits index was 1 in 2012. ▬ Flat
Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Guinea, 2005–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
Guinea recorded 1 for protecting investors, shareholder suits index in 2012. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Guinea ranks 50th of 51 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
More private sector data for Guinea
- Merchandise trade 82.7% (2025)
- Food imports 26.6% (2016)
- Manufactures imports 58.5% (2016)
- Merchandise imports 8.34 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 4.3% (2016)
- Manufactures exports 3.7% (2016)
- Merchandise exports 15.10 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 54.12 million current US$ (2024)
- Transport services 27.3% (2024)
- Computer, communications and other services 64.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Guinea?
- Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Guinea was 1 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?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 2005.
- What is the lowest protecting investors, shareholder suits index recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 2005.
- How does Guinea rank for protecting investors, shareholder suits index?
- Guinea ranks 50th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is protecting investors, shareholder suits index rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Guinea 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/.