Protecting minority investors: Extent of disclosure index (0-10) in Kuwait

Kuwait: Protecting minority investors: Extent of disclosure index (0-10) was 50 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
50
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
113th
of 191 countries
All-time high
50
in 2018
All-time low
40
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Protecting minority investors: Extent of disclosure index (0-10) in Kuwait, 2005–2019

010203040502005201220192005: 402006: 402007: 402008: 402009: 402010: 402011: 402012: 402013: 402014: 402015: 402016: 402017: 402018: 502019: 50

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Kuwait recorded 50 for protecting minority investors: extent of disclosure index (0-10) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 25.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, protecting minority investors: extent of disclosure index (0-10) in Kuwait peaked at 50 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 40, in 2005.

Kuwait ranks 113th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.

Protecting minority investors: Extent of disclosure index (0-10) in Kuwait, year by year

Annual values for Protecting minority investors: Extent of disclosure index (0-10) - Score in Kuwait, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 40
2006 40 +0.0%
2007 40 +0.0%
2008 40 +0.0%
2009 40 +0.0%
2010 40 +0.0%
2011 40 +0.0%
2012 40 +0.0%
2013 40 +0.0%
2014 40 +0.0%
2015 40 +0.0%
2016 40 +0.0%
2017 40 +0.0%
2018 50 +25.0%
2019 50 +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 40 40 40 5
2010s 42 40 50 10

Countries ranked near Kuwait

  1. 113 Brazil 50 compare
  2. 113 Austria 50 compare
  3. 113 Costa Rica 50 compare
  4. 113 Croatia 50 compare
  5. 113 Dominican Republic 50 compare
  6. 113 Germany 50 compare
  7. 113 Guyana 50 compare
  8. 113 Latvia 50 compare
  9. 113 Montenegro 50 compare
  10. 113 Mozambique 50 compare
  11. 113 Namibia 50 compare
  12. 113 Papua New Guinea 50 compare
  13. 113 Samoa 50 compare
  14. 113 Slovenia 50 compare
  15. 113 East Timor 50 compare
  16. 113 Vanuatu 50 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is protecting minority investors: extent of disclosure index (0-10) in Kuwait?
Protecting minority investors: extent of disclosure index (0-10) in Kuwait was 50 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest protecting minority investors: extent of disclosure index (0-10) recorded in Kuwait?
The highest recorded value was 50 in 2018.
What is the lowest protecting minority investors: extent of disclosure index (0-10) recorded in Kuwait?
The lowest recorded value was 40 in 2005.
How does Kuwait rank for protecting minority investors: extent of disclosure index (0-10)?
Kuwait ranks 113th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is protecting minority investors: extent of disclosure index (0-10) rising or falling in Kuwait?
Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Kuwait data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Protecting minority investors: Extent of disclosure index (0-10) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Protecting minority investors: Extent of disclosure index (0-10) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 2,865 data points, 2005–2019
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The score for extent of disclosure 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.