Protecting minority investors (DB06-14 methodology) - Score in South Korea

South Korea: Protecting minority investors (DB06-14 methodology) - Score was 66.67 in 2013. ▲ Rising

Latest (2013)
66.67
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
23rd
of 191 countries
All-time high
66.67
in 2012
All-time low
60
in 2005
Years of data
9
2005–2013

Protecting minority investors (DB06-14 methodology) - Score in South Korea, 2005–2013

02040602005200920132005: 602006: 602007: 602008: 602009: 602010: 602011: 602012: 66.72013: 66.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

South Korea recorded 66.67 for protecting minority investors (db06-14 methodology) - score in 2013. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, protecting minority investors (db06-14 methodology) - score in South Korea peaked at 66.67 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 60, in 2005.

That places South Korea 23rd out of 191 countries with data for 2013, putting it in the top quarter.

Protecting minority investors (DB06-14 methodology) - Score in South Korea, year by year

Annual values for Protecting minority investors (DB06-14 methodology) - Score in South Korea, 2005 to 2013.
Year Value Change
2005 60 —
2006 60 +0.0%
2007 60 +0.0%
2008 60 +0.0%
2009 60 +0.0%
2010 60 +0.0%
2011 60 +0.0%
2012 66.67 +11.1%
2013 66.67 +0.0%

South Korea compared with similar countries

  • South Korea's 66.67 is above the median for high income countries, which is 56.67, 1.2× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • South Korea's 66.67 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 58.33, 1.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 60 60 60 5
2010s 63.33 60 66.67 4

Countries ranked near South Korea

  1. 23 Azerbaijan 66.67 compare
  2. 23 Chile 66.67 compare
  3. 23 Kyrgyzstan 66.67 compare
  4. 23 Rwanda 66.67 compare
  5. 23 Saudi Arabia 66.67 compare
  6. 23 Sierra Leone 66.67 compare
  7. 23 Taiwan 66.67 compare
  8. 23 Tajikistan 66.67 compare
  9. 23 Trinidad and Tobago 66.67 compare
  10. 23 Turkey 66.67 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is protecting minority investors (db06-14 methodology) - score in South Korea?
Protecting minority investors (db06-14 methodology) - score in South Korea was 66.67 in 2013, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest protecting minority investors (db06-14 methodology) - score recorded in South Korea?
The highest recorded value was 66.67 in 2012.
What is the lowest protecting minority investors (db06-14 methodology) - score recorded in South Korea?
The lowest recorded value was 60 in 2005.
How does South Korea rank for protecting minority investors (db06-14 methodology) - score?
South Korea ranks 23rd out of 191 countries with data for 2013.
Is protecting minority investors (db06-14 methodology) - score rising or falling in South Korea?
Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this South Korea data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Protecting minority investors (DB06-14 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Protecting minority investors (DB06-14 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 1,719 data points, 2005–2013
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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.