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Protecting minority investors: Extent of ownership and control index (0-7) (DB15-20 methodology) - Score by country

The score for extent of ownership and control 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...

Countries reporting
131
Highest
100
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
14.29
El Salvador
Median
57.14
Years covered
7
2013–2019
Data points
1,337

What the numbers show

Protecting minority investors: Extent of ownership and control index (0-7) (DB15-20 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 131 countries. The highest value is 100 in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 14.29 in El Salvador.

The median across all reporting countries is 57.14, and the mean is 58.82.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.

Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Bahamas (up 300.0%), and the largest decrease in Qatar (down 33.3%).

Protecting minority investors: Extent of ownership and control index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United Arab Emirates 100 2019 up 75.0% rising
1 Austria 100 2019 unchanged flat
1 Bahrain 100 2019 up 133.3% rising
1 Colombia 100 2019 unchanged flat
1 Georgia 100 2019 up 250.0% volatile
1 Croatia 100 2019 unchanged flat
1 Pakistan 100 2019 unchanged flat
1 Serbia 100 2019 up 16.7% rising
1 Uzbekistan 100 2019 up 133.3% rising
10 Canada 85.71 2019 unchanged flat
10 China 85.71 2019 up 100.0% rising
10 Egypt 85.71 2019 up 100.0% rising
10 France 85.71 2019 unchanged flat
10 Greece 85.71 2019 unchanged flat
10 Indonesia 85.71 2019 up 20.0% rising
10 India 85.71 2019 unchanged flat
10 Jordan 85.71 2019 up 20.0% rising
10 Kazakhstan 85.71 2019 up 50.0% rising
10 Kenya 85.71 2019 up 100.0% rising
10 Kuwait 85.71 2019 up 20.0% rising
10 Sri Lanka 85.71 2019 unchanged flat
10 Lithuania 85.71 2019 up 50.0% rising
10 North Macedonia 85.71 2019 up 20.0% rising
10 Mongolia 85.71 2019 unchanged flat
10 Malaysia 85.71 2019 unchanged flat
10 Norway 85.71 2019 unchanged flat
10 Saudi Arabia 85.71 2019 up 200.0% rising
10 Slovenia 85.71 2019 unchanged flat
10 Sweden 85.71 2019 unchanged flat
10 Thailand 85.71 2019 up 20.0% rising
10 Türkiye 85.71 2019 unchanged flat
10 Ukraine 85.71 2019 up 100.0% rising
10 South Africa 85.71 2019 unchanged flat
10 Taiwan 85.71 2019 up 20.0% rising
35 Argentina 71.43 2019 unchanged flat
35 Bosnia and Herzegovina 71.43 2019 unchanged flat
35 Belarus 71.43 2019 unchanged flat
35 Switzerland 71.43 2019 up 66.7% rising
35 Cyprus 71.43 2019 unchanged flat
35 Czechia 71.43 2019 unchanged flat
35 Germany 71.43 2019 unchanged flat
35 Denmark 71.43 2019 unchanged flat
35 Spain 71.43 2019 up 25.0% rising
35 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 71.43 2019 unchanged flat
35 Hong Kong 71.43 2019 unchanged flat
35 Hungary 71.43 2019 unchanged flat
35 Iceland 71.43 2019 unchanged flat
35 Republic of Korea 71.43 2019 unchanged flat
35 Latvia 71.43 2019 unchanged flat
35 Morocco 71.43 2019 up 66.7% rising
35 Mexico 71.43 2019 unchanged flat
35 Mauritius 71.43 2019 up 66.7% rising
35 Nigeria 71.43 2019 unchanged flat
35 Netherlands 71.43 2019 unchanged flat
35 New Zealand 71.43 2019 unchanged flat
35 Oman 71.43 2019 up 25.0% rising
35 Philippines 71.43 2019 up 25.0% rising
35 Singapore 71.43 2019 unchanged flat
35 Slovakia 71.43 2019 unchanged flat
35 Syria 71.43 2019 unchanged flat
35 Uganda 71.43 2019 unchanged flat
35 Viet Nam 71.43 2019 up 25.0% rising
35 Zambia 71.43 2019 up 25.0% rising
64 Antigua and Barbuda 57.14 2019 unchanged flat
64 Bulgaria 57.14 2019 unchanged flat
64 Bahamas 57.14 2019 up 300.0% volatile
64 Brazil 57.14 2019 unchanged flat
64 Chile 57.14 2019 unchanged flat
64 Dominica 57.14 2019 unchanged flat
64 Israel 57.14 2019 unchanged flat
64 Italy 57.14 2019 unchanged flat
64 Jamaica 57.14 2019 unchanged flat
64 Saint Lucia 57.14 2019 unchanged flat
64 Republic of Moldova 57.14 2019 unchanged flat
64 Malta 57.14 2019 unchanged flat
64 Nepal 57.14 2019 unchanged flat
64 Poland 57.14 2019 unchanged flat
64 Portugal 57.14 2019 unchanged flat
64 Russian Federation 57.14 2019 unchanged flat
64 Trinidad and Tobago 57.14 2019 unchanged flat
64 Tunisia 57.14 2019 unchanged flat
64 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 57.14 2019 unchanged flat
83 United States of America 48.57 2019 unchanged flat
84 Australia 42.86 2019 unchanged flat
84 Belgium 42.86 2019 unchanged flat
84 Bangladesh 42.86 2019 unchanged flat
84 Bhutan 42.86 2019 up 200.0% volatile
84 Botswana 42.86 2019 unchanged flat
84 Costa Rica 42.86 2019 unchanged flat
84 Ecuador 42.86 2019 up 50.0% rising
84 Fiji 42.86 2019 unchanged flat
84 Ghana 42.86 2019 unchanged flat
84 Ireland 42.86 2019 unchanged flat
84 Iran, Islamic Republic of 42.86 2019 unchanged flat
84 Iraq 42.86 2019 unchanged flat
84 Montenegro 42.86 2019 unchanged flat
84 Namibia 42.86 2019 unchanged flat
84 Romania 42.86 2019 unchanged flat
84 Zimbabwe 42.86 2019 unchanged flat
100 Benin 28.57 2019 unchanged flat
100 Burkina Faso 28.57 2019 unchanged flat
100 Côte d'Ivoire 28.57 2019 unchanged flat
100 Estonia 28.57 2019 unchanged flat
100 Finland 28.57 2019 unchanged flat
100 Guinea-Bissau 28.57 2019 unchanged flat
100 Grenada 28.57 2019 unchanged flat
100 Guyana 28.57 2019 unchanged flat
100 Japan 28.57 2019 unchanged flat
100 Luxembourg 28.57 2019 unchanged flat
100 Mali 28.57 2019 unchanged flat
100 Malawi 28.57 2019 up 100.0% rising
100 Niger 28.57 2019 unchanged flat
100 Peru 28.57 2019 unchanged flat
100 Papua New Guinea 28.57 2019 unchanged flat
100 Qatar 28.57 2019 down 33.3% falling
100 Sudan 28.57 2019 unchanged flat
100 Senegal 28.57 2019 unchanged flat
100 Suriname 28.57 2019 unchanged flat
100 Togo 28.57 2019 unchanged flat
100 Tanzania, United Republic of 28.57 2019 unchanged flat
100 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 28.57 2019 unchanged flat
122 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 14.29 2019 unchanged flat
122 Barbados 14.29 2019 unchanged flat
122 Guatemala 14.29 2019 unchanged flat
122 Honduras 14.29 2019 unchanged flat
122 Saint Kitts and Nevis 14.29 2019 unchanged flat
122 Lebanon 14.29 2019 unchanged flat
122 Panama 14.29 2019 unchanged flat
122 Puerto Rico 14.29 2019 unchanged flat
122 Palestine, State of 14.29 2019 unchanged flat
122 El Salvador 14.29 2019 unchanged flat

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Protecting minority investors: Extent of ownership and control index (0-7) (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 extent of ownership and control 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.