Protecting minority investors: Extent of ownership and control index in Kuwait

Kuwait: Protecting minority investors: Extent of ownership and control index was 85.71 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
85.71
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
10th
of 191 countries
All-time high
85.71
in 2018
All-time low
71.43
in 2013
Years of data
7
2013–2019

Protecting minority investors: Extent of ownership and control index in Kuwait, 2013–2019

0204060802013201620192013: 71.42014: 71.42015: 71.42016: 71.42017: 71.42018: 85.72019: 85.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, protecting minority investors: extent of ownership and control index in Kuwait stood at 85.71. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.

The figure is up 20.0% over ten years.

Kuwait ranks 10th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Protecting minority investors: Extent of ownership and control index in Kuwait, year by year

Annual values for Protecting minority investors: Extent of ownership and control index (0-7) (DB15-20 methodology) - Score in Kuwait, 2013 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2013 71.43
2014 71.43 +0.0%
2015 71.43 +0.0%
2016 71.43 +0.0%
2017 71.43 +0.0%
2018 85.71 +20.0%
2019 85.71 +0.0%

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  16. 10 Saudi Arabia 85.71 compare
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  19. 10 Sri Lanka 85.71 compare
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  21. 10 Taiwan 85.71 compare
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  23. 10 Türkiye 85.71 compare
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Frequently asked questions

What is protecting minority investors: extent of ownership and control index in Kuwait?
Protecting minority investors: extent of ownership and control index in Kuwait was 85.71 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest protecting minority investors: extent of ownership and control index recorded in Kuwait?
The highest recorded value was 85.71 in 2018.
What is the lowest protecting minority investors: extent of ownership and control index recorded in Kuwait?
The lowest recorded value was 71.43 in 2013.
How does Kuwait rank for protecting minority investors: extent of ownership and control index?
Kuwait ranks 10th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is protecting minority investors: extent of ownership and control index rising or falling in Kuwait?
Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. 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 ownership and control index (0-7) (DB15-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Protecting minority investors: Extent of ownership and control index (0-7) (DB15-20 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
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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.