Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Lesotho
Lesotho: Protecting investors, shareholder suits index was 8 in 2012. ▬ Flat
Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Lesotho, 2005–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
In 2012, protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Lesotho stood at 8. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Lesotho ranks 4th of 51 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| 2010s | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 |
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More private sector data for Lesotho
- Merchandise trade 102.9% (2025)
- Food imports 23.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 1.88 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 23.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 70.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 773.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 13.93 million current US$ (2025)
- Transport services 11.3% (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services 8.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Lesotho?
- Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Lesotho was 8 in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest protecting investors, shareholder suits index recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 8 in 2005.
- What is the lowest protecting investors, shareholder suits index recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 in 2005.
- How does Lesotho rank for protecting investors, shareholder suits index?
- Lesotho ranks 4th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is protecting investors, shareholder suits index rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Lesotho 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/.