Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Protecting investors, shareholder suits index was 6 in 2012. ▼ Falling
Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Sierra Leone, 2005–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
The most recent figure for protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Sierra Leone is 6, measured in 2012. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of down 25.0% over ten years.
Sierra Leone ranks 8th of 51 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.6 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
| 2010s | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
More private sector data for Sierra Leone
- Merchandise trade 45.9% (2025)
- Food imports 32.3% (2018)
- Manufactures imports 63.9% (2018)
- Merchandise imports 1.89 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 45.6% (2018)
- Manufactures exports 25.1% (2018)
- Merchandise exports 1.53 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 173.93 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.75 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Sierra Leone?
- Protecting investors, shareholder suits index in Sierra Leone 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 Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 8 in 2005.
- What is the lowest protecting investors, shareholder suits index recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 in 2009.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for protecting investors, shareholder suits index?
- Sierra Leone ranks 8th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is protecting investors, shareholder suits index rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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/.