Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Morocco
Morocco: Protecting investors, shareholder suits index was 6 in 2012. ◆ Volatile
Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Morocco, 2005–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
In 2012, protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Morocco stood at 6. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 500.0% over ten years.
Morocco ranks 8th of 51 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010s | 4.33 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More private sector data for Morocco
- Merchandise trade 75.2% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 68.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 87.39 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 12.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 82.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 49.78 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 32.92 billion current US$ (2025)
- Transport services 44.2% (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services 29.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Morocco?
- Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Morocco 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 Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 6 in 2011.
- What is the lowest protecting investors, shareholder suits index recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 2005.
- How does Morocco rank for protecting investors, shareholder suits index?
- Morocco ranks 8th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is protecting investors, shareholder suits index rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 500.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Morocco 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/.