Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Liberia
Liberia: Protecting investors, shareholder suits index was 6 in 2012. ▬ Flat
Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Liberia, 2006–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
Liberia recorded 6 for protecting investors, shareholder suits index in 2012. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
That places Liberia 8th out of 51 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the top quarter.
Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Liberia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6 | — |
| 2007 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 6 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 2010s | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
More private sector data for Liberia
- Merchandise trade 87.0% (2025)
- Food imports 23.1% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 42.8% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 2.49 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 24.5% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 9.9% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 2.07 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 360.83 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3942 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 57.86 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Liberia?
- Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Liberia 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 Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 6 in 2006.
- What is the lowest protecting investors, shareholder suits index recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 in 2006.
- How does Liberia rank for protecting investors, shareholder suits index?
- Liberia ranks 8th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is protecting investors, shareholder suits index rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Liberia 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/.