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Protecting minority investors: Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) (DB15-20 methodology) - Score by country

The score for ease of shareholder suits index benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. 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...

Countries reporting
190
Highest
100
Djibouti
Lowest
10
Iran
Median
65
Years covered
7
2013–2019
Data points
1,337

What the numbers show

Protecting minority investors: Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) (DB15-20 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 100 in Djibouti; the lowest is 10 in Iran.

The median across all reporting countries is 65, and the mean is 63.79.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.

Protecting minority investors: Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Djibouti 100 2019 — volatile
2 Afghanistan 90 2019 up 200.0% volatile
2 Canada 90 2019 unchanged flat
2 Czechia 90 2019 unchanged flat
2 Georgia 90 2019 up 12.5% rising
2 Hong Kong 90 2019 unchanged flat
2 Ireland 90 2019 unchanged flat
2 Israel 90 2019 unchanged flat
2 Kazakhstan 90 2019 up 28.6% rising
2 Kenya 90 2019 unchanged flat
2 Lesotho 90 2019 unchanged flat
2 Latvia 90 2019 unchanged flat
2 Mauritius 90 2019 up 12.5% rising
2 Nepal 90 2019 unchanged flat
2 New Zealand 90 2019 unchanged flat
2 Papua New Guinea 90 2019 unchanged flat
2 Poland 90 2019 unchanged flat
2 Singapore 90 2019 unchanged flat
2 Solomon Islands 90 2019 unchanged flat
2 Thailand 90 2019 up 12.5% rising
2 Tonga 90 2019 unchanged flat
2 United States 90 2019 unchanged flat
2 Samoa 90 2019 unchanged flat
24 Armenia 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Antigua and Barbuda 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Australia 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Azerbaijan 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Bulgaria 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Bahamas 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Belarus 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Brunei 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Colombia 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Costa Rica 80 2019 up 166.7% rising
24 Dominica 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Denmark 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Dominican Republic 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Finland 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Micronesia (country) 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 United Kingdom 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Grenada 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Guyana 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Iceland 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Japan 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Kyrgyzstan 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Kiribati 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Saint Kitts and Nevis 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 South Korea 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Saint Lucia 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Moldova 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Maldives 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Marshall Islands 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Malta 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Mongolia 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Malaysia 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Norway 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Panama 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Puerto Rico 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 San Marino 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Slovenia 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Trinidad and Tobago 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Tanzania 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Uruguay 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 80 2019 unchanged flat
24 South Africa 80 2019 unchanged flat
65 Albania 70 2019 unchanged flat
65 Austria 70 2019 unchanged flat
65 Belgium 70 2019 unchanged flat
65 Bangladesh 70 2019 unchanged flat
65 Belize 70 2019 unchanged flat
65 Barbados 70 2019 unchanged flat
65 Chile 70 2019 unchanged flat
65 Cyprus 70 2019 unchanged flat
65 Fiji 70 2019 unchanged flat
65 Ghana 70 2019 unchanged flat
65 Hungary 70 2019 up 16.7% rising
65 India 70 2019 unchanged flat
65 Sri Lanka 70 2019 unchanged flat
65 Lithuania 70 2019 unchanged flat
65 Morocco 70 2019 unchanged flat
65 Mozambique 70 2019 unchanged flat
65 Mauritania 70 2019 up 16.7% rising
65 Malawi 70 2019 up 16.7% rising
65 Nigeria 70 2019 unchanged flat
65 Philippines 70 2019 unchanged flat
65 Palau 70 2019 unchanged flat
65 Portugal 70 2019 unchanged flat
65 Russia 70 2019 unchanged flat
65 Saudi Arabia 70 2019 up 75.0% rising
65 El Salvador 70 2019 unchanged flat
65 Slovakia 70 2019 unchanged flat
65 Sweden 70 2019 unchanged flat
65 Uganda 70 2019 unchanged flat
65 Uzbekistan 70 2019 unchanged flat
65 Zambia 70 2019 unchanged flat
65 Taiwan 70 2019 unchanged flat
96 Angola 60 2019 unchanged flat
96 Argentina 60 2019 unchanged flat
96 Bolivia 60 2019 unchanged flat
96 Bhutan 60 2019 unchanged flat
96 Cameroon 60 2019 up 20.0% rising
96 Cape Verde 60 2019 unchanged flat
96 Ecuador 60 2019 unchanged flat
96 Spain 60 2019 unchanged flat
96 Estonia 60 2019 unchanged flat
96 France 60 2019 unchanged flat
96 Guinea-Bissau 60 2019 up 20.0% rising
96 Honduras 60 2019 up 20.0% rising
96 Croatia 60 2019 unchanged flat
96 Italy 60 2019 unchanged flat
96 Liberia 60 2019 unchanged flat
96 Montenegro 60 2019 unchanged flat
96 Namibia 60 2019 unchanged flat
96 Nicaragua 60 2019 unchanged flat
96 Netherlands 60 2019 unchanged flat
96 Pakistan 60 2019 unchanged flat
96 Peru 60 2019 unchanged flat
96 Paraguay 60 2019 unchanged flat
96 Palestine 60 2019 unchanged flat
96 Sudan 60 2019 up 20.0% rising
96 Senegal 60 2019 up 100.0% rising
96 Sierra Leone 60 2019 unchanged flat
96 Sao Tome and Principe 60 2019 unchanged flat
96 Suriname 60 2019 unchanged flat
96 Eswatini 60 2019 unchanged flat
96 Tajikistan 60 2019 unchanged flat
96 Turkey 60 2019 unchanged flat
96 Ukraine 60 2019 unchanged flat
128 Benin 50 2019 up 25.0% rising
128 Burkina Faso 50 2019 up 25.0% rising
128 Bahrain 50 2019 up 25.0% rising
128 Bosnia and Herzegovina 50 2019 unchanged flat
128 Central African Republic 50 2019 up 25.0% rising
128 Switzerland 50 2019 unchanged flat
128 China 50 2019 up 25.0% rising
128 Cote d'Ivoire 50 2019 up 25.0% rising
128 Congo 50 2019 up 25.0% rising
128 Comoros 50 2019 up 25.0% rising
128 Germany 50 2019 unchanged flat
128 Algeria 50 2019 unchanged flat
128 Eritrea 50 2019 unchanged flat
128 Guinea 50 2019 up 25.0% rising
128 Gambia 50 2019 unchanged flat
128 Equatorial Guinea 50 2019 up 25.0% rising
128 Greece 50 2019 unchanged flat
128 Guatemala 50 2019 unchanged flat
128 Iraq 50 2019 unchanged flat
128 Jamaica 50 2019 unchanged flat
128 Lebanon 50 2019 unchanged flat
128 Madagascar 50 2019 unchanged flat
128 Mexico 50 2019 unchanged flat
128 North Macedonia 50 2019 up 25.0% rising
128 Mali 50 2019 up 25.0% rising
128 Niger 50 2019 up 66.7% rising
128 Romania 50 2019 unchanged flat
128 Rwanda 50 2019 up 66.7% rising
128 Serbia 50 2019 unchanged flat
128 South Sudan 50 2019 unchanged flat
128 Seychelles 50 2019 unchanged flat
128 Togo 50 2019 up 25.0% rising
128 East Timor 50 2019 unchanged flat
128 Tunisia 50 2019 unchanged flat
128 Vanuatu 50 2019 unchanged flat
128 Kosovo 50 2019 up 25.0% rising
128 Zimbabwe 50 2019 up 25.0% rising
128 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 50 2019 up 25.0% rising
166 United Arab Emirates 40 2019 up 33.3% rising
166 Brazil 40 2019 unchanged flat
166 Gabon 40 2019 up 33.3% rising
166 Haiti 40 2019 unchanged flat
166 Cambodia 40 2019 unchanged flat
166 Kuwait 40 2019 unchanged flat
166 Libya 40 2019 unchanged flat
166 Luxembourg 40 2019 up 33.3% rising
166 Chad 40 2019 up 33.3% rising
175 Botswana 30 2019 unchanged flat
175 Democratic Republic of Congo 30 2019 up 50.0% rising
175 Egypt 30 2019 unchanged flat
175 Jordan 30 2019 up 50.0% rising
175 Laos 30 2019 unchanged flat
175 Myanmar 30 2019 unchanged flat
175 Oman 30 2019 unchanged flat
175 Syria 30 2019 unchanged flat
175 Venezuela 30 2019 unchanged flat
175 Yemen 30 2019 unchanged flat
185 Burundi 20 2019 unchanged flat
185 Ethiopia 20 2019 unchanged flat
185 Indonesia 20 2019 unchanged flat
185 Qatar 20 2019 unchanged flat
185 Vietnam 20 2019 up 100.0% rising
190 Iran 10 2019 unchanged flat

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Indicator
Protecting minority investors: Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) (DB15-20 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 1,337 data points, 2013–2019
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The score for ease of shareholder suits index benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. 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 DB15-20 studies.