Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Senegal
Senegal: Protecting investors, shareholder suits index was 2 in 2012. ▬ Flat
Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Senegal, 2005–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
The most recent figure for protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Senegal is 2, 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 Senegal 49th out of 51 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
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More private sector data for Senegal
- Merchandise trade 60.0% (2025)
- Food imports 19.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 46.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 11.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 21.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 22.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 10.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.27 billion current US$ (2023)
- Transport services 32.1% (2023)
- Computer, communications and other services 56.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Senegal?
- Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Senegal was 2 in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest protecting investors, shareholder suits index recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 2 in 2005.
- What is the lowest protecting investors, shareholder suits index recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 in 2005.
- How does Senegal rank for protecting investors, shareholder suits index?
- Senegal ranks 49th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is protecting investors, shareholder suits index rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Senegal 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/.