Samoa vs Tonga: Protecting minority investors: Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10)
Protecting minority investors: Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) over time
- Samoa
- Tonga
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 9 DB15-20 methodology against 9 DB15-20 methodology in Tonga, a difference of 0 DB15-20 methodology.
Across all 7 years both countries report, Tonga has been ahead every year.
Samoa ranks 2nd and Tonga ranks 2nd of 191 countries.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher protecting minority investors: ease of shareholder suits index (0-10), Samoa or Tonga?
- Samoa, at 9 DB15-20 methodology against 9 DB15-20 methodology in Tonga as of 2019.
- What is the difference in protecting minority investors: ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) between Samoa and Tonga?
- 0 DB15-20 methodology, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Tonga?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 2013 to 2019.
- How do Samoa and Tonga rank globally for protecting minority investors: ease of shareholder suits index (0-10)?
- Samoa ranks 2nd and Tonga ranks 2nd of 191 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank, published as Protecting minority investors: Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) (DB15-20 methodology). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The ease of shareholder suits index measures how likely plaintiffs are to access internal corporate evidence and recover legal expenses. It has six components: (i) whether shareholders owning 10% of the company’s share capital have the right to inspect the Buyer-Seller transaction documents before filing a suit. Alternatively, whether they can request that a government inspector investigate the Buyer-Seller transaction without filing a suit; (ii) what range of documents is available to the shareholder plaintiff from the defendant and witnesses during trial; (iii) whether the plaintiff can obtain categories of relevant documents from the defendant without identifying each document specifically; (iv) whether the plaintiff can directly examine the defendant and witnesses during trial; (v) whether the standard of proof for civil suits is lower than that for criminal cases; and (vi) whether shareholder plaintiffs can recover their legal expenses from the company. The index is computed based on the methodology in the DB15-20 studies.