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Protecting minority investors (DB06-14 methodology) - Score by country

The score for protecting minority investors benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator set. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology...

Countries reporting
188
Highest
96.67
New Zealand
Lowest
0
Somalia
Median
53.33
Years covered
9
2005–2013
Data points
1,710

What the numbers show

Protecting minority investors (DB06-14 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 96.67 in New Zealand; the lowest is 0 in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 53.33, and the mean is 51.45.

Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 300.0%), and the largest decrease in South Sudan (down 22.2%).

Protecting minority investors (DB06-14 methodology) - Score: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 New Zealand 96.67 2013 unchanged flat
2 Singapore 93.33 2013 unchanged flat
3 Hong Kong 90 2013 unchanged flat
3 Malaysia 90 2013 up 3.8% flat
5 Canada 86.67 2013 up 4.0% flat
5 Ireland 86.67 2013 unchanged flat
7 Mauritius 83.33 2013 unchanged flat
8 United States 82 2013 down 1.6% flat
9 Colombia 80 2013 up 26.3% rising
9 United Kingdom 80 2013 unchanged flat
9 Israel 80 2013 unchanged flat
9 Thailand 80 2013 up 26.3% rising
9 South Africa 80 2013 unchanged flat
14 Georgia 73.33 2013 up 69.2% rising
14 Slovenia 73.33 2013 up 15.8% rising
16 Albania 70 2013 up 162.5% rising
16 Belgium 70 2013 unchanged flat
16 Bangladesh 70 2013 unchanged flat
16 Japan 70 2013 unchanged flat
16 Mongolia 70 2013 up 5.0% flat
16 Peru 70 2013 up 23.5% rising
16 Puerto Rico 70 2013 unchanged flat
23 Azerbaijan 66.67 2013 up 53.8% rising
23 Chile 66.67 2013 up 5.3% rising
23 Kyrgyzstan 66.67 2013 up 25.0% rising
23 South Korea 66.67 2013 up 11.1% rising
23 Rwanda 66.67 2013 up 150.0% rising
23 Saudi Arabia 66.67 2013 up 17.6% rising
23 Sierra Leone 66.67 2013 up 17.6% rising
23 Tajikistan 66.67 2013 up 300.0% rising
23 Trinidad and Tobago 66.67 2013 unchanged flat
23 Turkey 66.67 2013 up 25.0% rising
23 Taiwan 66.67 2013 up 25.0% rising
34 Armenia 63.33 2013 up 26.7% rising
34 Antigua and Barbuda 63.33 2013 unchanged flat
34 Bulgaria 63.33 2013 unchanged flat
34 Dominica 63.33 2013 unchanged flat
34 Denmark 63.33 2013 unchanged flat
34 Ghana 63.33 2013 unchanged flat
34 Grenada 63.33 2013 unchanged flat
34 Iceland 63.33 2013 up 18.8% rising
34 Kazakhstan 63.33 2013 up 58.3% rising
34 Cambodia 63.33 2013 down 5.0% flat
34 Saint Kitts and Nevis 63.33 2013 unchanged flat
34 Saint Lucia 63.33 2013 unchanged flat
34 North Macedonia 63.33 2013 up 46.2% rising
34 Montenegro 63.33 2013 unchanged flat
34 Norway 63.33 2013 unchanged flat
34 Pakistan 63.33 2013 unchanged flat
34 Sweden 63.33 2013 up 46.2% rising
34 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 63.33 2013 unchanged flat
34 Samoa 63.33 2013 unchanged flat
53 Botswana 60 2013 up 38.5% rising
53 Cyprus 60 2013 up 28.6% rising
53 Spain 60 2013 up 12.5% rising
53 Guyana 60 2013 unchanged flat
53 Indonesia 60 2013 up 5.9% rising
53 India 60 2013 up 5.9% rising
53 Kiribati 60 2013 unchanged flat
53 Sri Lanka 60 2013 up 12.5% rising
53 Latvia 60 2013 unchanged flat
53 Moldova 60 2013 up 12.5% rising
53 Papua New Guinea 60 2013 up 5.9% flat
53 Poland 60 2013 up 5.9% flat
53 Portugal 60 2013 unchanged flat
53 Solomon Islands 60 2013 up 5.9% rising
67 Australia 56.67 2013 unchanged flat
67 Burundi 56.67 2013 up 112.5% rising
67 Brunei 56.67 2013 up 21.4% rising
67 Estonia 56.67 2013 unchanged flat
67 Finland 56.67 2013 unchanged flat
67 Fiji 56.67 2013 unchanged flat
67 Italy 56.67 2013 unchanged flat
67 Lithuania 56.67 2013 up 13.3% rising
67 Madagascar 56.67 2013 unchanged flat
67 Mexico 56.67 2013 up 70.0% rising
67 Malta 56.67 2013 unchanged flat
67 Paraguay 56.67 2013 unchanged flat
67 Romania 56.67 2013 up 6.3% flat
67 Seychelles 56.67 2013 unchanged flat
67 Tunisia 56.67 2013 up 70.0% rising
67 Zambia 56.67 2013 unchanged flat
83 Angola 53.33 2013 unchanged flat
83 United Arab Emirates 53.33 2013 up 33.3% rising
83 Austria 53.33 2013 unchanged flat
83 Brazil 53.33 2013 unchanged flat
83 Czechia 53.33 2013 up 6.7% rising
83 Dominican Republic 53.33 2013 up 33.3% rising
83 France 53.33 2013 unchanged flat
83 Greece 53.33 2013 up 77.8% rising
83 Jamaica 53.33 2013 unchanged flat
83 Kuwait 53.33 2013 up 6.7% flat
83 Maldives 53.33 2013 unchanged flat
83 Mozambique 53.33 2013 up 33.3% rising
83 Malawi 53.33 2013 unchanged flat
83 Namibia 53.33 2013 unchanged flat
83 Nigeria 53.33 2013 unchanged flat
83 Nepal 53.33 2013 unchanged flat
83 Panama 53.33 2013 up 6.7% flat
83 Palestine 53.33 2013 unchanged flat
83 Tanzania 53.33 2013 up 14.3% rising
83 Vanuatu 53.33 2013 unchanged flat
103 Argentina 50 2013 unchanged flat
103 Bahrain 50 2013 unchanged flat
103 Belarus 50 2013 up 25.0% rising
103 China 50 2013 up 15.4% rising
103 Germany 50 2013 unchanged flat
103 Kenya 50 2013 up 7.1% rising
103 Lebanon 50 2013 unchanged flat
103 Lesotho 50 2013 up 36.4% rising
103 Oman 50 2013 unchanged flat
103 Uruguay 50 2013 unchanged flat
113 Bahamas 46.67 2013 unchanged flat
113 Bosnia and Herzegovina 46.67 2013 unchanged flat
113 Bhutan 46.67 2013 unchanged flat
113 Croatia 46.67 2013 up 16.7% rising
113 Morocco 46.67 2013 up 75.0% rising
113 Netherlands 46.67 2013 up 7.7% rising
113 Russia 46.67 2013 unchanged flat
113 Serbia 46.67 2013 unchanged flat
113 Slovakia 46.67 2013 unchanged flat
113 Syria 46.67 2013 up 7.7% rising
113 Tonga 46.67 2013 unchanged flat
113 Uganda 46.67 2013 unchanged flat
113 Zimbabwe 46.67 2013 unchanged flat
126 Belize 43.33 2013 unchanged flat
126 Hungary 43.33 2013 unchanged flat
126 Iraq 43.33 2013 unchanged flat
126 Luxembourg 43.33 2013 unchanged flat
126 Philippines 43.33 2013 unchanged flat
126 Qatar 43.33 2013 unchanged flat
126 San Marino 43.33 2013 unchanged flat
126 Eswatini 43.33 2013 up 116.7% rising
126 East Timor 43.33 2013 unchanged flat
135 Bolivia 40 2013 unchanged flat
135 Central African Republic 40 2013 unchanged flat
135 Cape Verde 40 2013 unchanged flat
135 Ecuador 40 2013 unchanged flat
135 Guinea-Bissau 40 2013 unchanged flat
135 Nicaragua 40 2013 unchanged flat
135 Ukraine 40 2013 up 20.0% rising
135 Uzbekistan 40 2013 up 9.1% flat
135 Yemen 40 2013 unchanged flat
144 Cameroon 36.67 2013 unchanged flat
144 Egypt 36.67 2013 up 10.0% rising
144 Equatorial Guinea 36.67 2013 unchanged flat
144 Iran 36.67 2013 up 22.2% rising
144 Liberia 36.67 2013 unchanged flat
144 Mauritania 36.67 2013 unchanged flat
144 Vietnam 36.67 2013 up 83.3% rising
151 Benin 33.33 2013 unchanged flat
151 Burkina Faso 33.33 2013 unchanged flat
151 Barbados 33.33 2013 unchanged flat
151 Cote d'Ivoire 33.33 2013 unchanged flat
151 Congo 33.33 2013 unchanged flat
151 Comoros 33.33 2013 unchanged flat
151 Gabon 33.33 2013 unchanged flat
151 Guinea 33.33 2013 unchanged flat
151 Guatemala 33.33 2013 unchanged flat
151 Marshall Islands 33.33 2013 unchanged flat
151 Mali 33.33 2013 unchanged flat
151 Niger 33.33 2013 unchanged flat
151 Sao Tome and Principe 33.33 2013 unchanged flat
151 Chad 33.33 2013 unchanged flat
151 Togo 33.33 2013 unchanged flat
166 Switzerland 30 2013 unchanged flat
166 Costa Rica 30 2013 unchanged flat
166 Algeria 30 2013 unchanged flat
166 Honduras 30 2013 unchanged flat
166 Haiti 30 2013 unchanged flat
166 Jordan 30 2013 unchanged flat
166 Sudan 30 2013 unchanged flat
166 Senegal 30 2013 unchanged flat
166 El Salvador 30 2013 up 12.5% rising
175 Democratic Republic of Congo 26.67 2013 up 14.3% rising
175 Eritrea 26.67 2013 unchanged flat
175 Micronesia (country) 26.67 2013 unchanged flat
175 Gambia 26.67 2013 unchanged flat
175 Libya 26.67 2013 up 100.0% rising
175 Palau 26.67 2013 unchanged flat
181 Myanmar 23.33 2013 unchanged flat
181 South Sudan 23.33 2013 down 22.2% falling
181 Venezuela 23.33 2013 unchanged flat
184 Suriname 20 2013 unchanged flat
185 Ethiopia 16.67 2013 unchanged flat
185 Laos 16.67 2013 unchanged flat
187 Afghanistan 10 2013 unchanged flat
188 Somalia 0 2013 — flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Protecting minority investors (DB06-14 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 1,710 data points, 2005–2013
Last refreshed

The score for protecting minority investors benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator set. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB06-14 studies.