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Protecting minority investors: Extent of shareholder rights index (0-6) (DB15-20 methodology) - Score by country

The score for extent of shareholder rights 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...

Countries reporting
131
Highest
100
Argentina
Lowest
16.67
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Median
66.67
Years covered
7
2013–2019
Data points
1,337

What the numbers show

Protecting minority investors: Extent of shareholder rights index (0-6) (DB15-20 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 131 countries. The highest value is 100 in Argentina; the lowest is 16.67 in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of.

The median across all reporting countries is 66.67, and the mean is 71.63.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 200.0%), and the largest decrease in Costa Rica (down 33.3%).

Protecting minority investors: Extent of shareholder rights index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Argentina 100 2019 unchanged flat
1 Bulgaria 100 2019 unchanged flat
1 Chile 100 2019 unchanged flat
1 Cyprus 100 2019 up 20.0% rising
1 Egypt 100 2019 up 200.0% rising
1 Spain 100 2019 up 20.0% rising
1 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 100 2019 unchanged flat
1 Croatia 100 2019 unchanged flat
1 India 100 2019 unchanged flat
1 Kazakhstan 100 2019 up 100.0% rising
1 Kenya 100 2019 up 20.0% flat
1 Morocco 100 2019 up 20.0% rising
1 Malta 100 2019 unchanged flat
1 Panama 100 2019 unchanged flat
1 Peru 100 2019 unchanged flat
1 Papua New Guinea 100 2019 unchanged flat
1 Slovenia 100 2019 unchanged flat
1 Türkiye 100 2019 unchanged flat
1 Zimbabwe 100 2019 unchanged flat
20 Austria 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Bahrain 83.33 2019 up 25.0% rising
20 Bahamas 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Switzerland 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 China 83.33 2019 up 150.0% rising
20 Czechia 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Germany 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Denmark 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Ecuador 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Estonia 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Finland 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Georgia 83.33 2019 up 66.7% rising
20 Ghana 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Greece 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Hong Kong 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Indonesia 83.33 2019 up 66.7% rising
20 Ireland 83.33 2019 up 25.0% rising
20 Iraq 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Iceland 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Italy 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Jamaica 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Sri Lanka 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Latvia 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Republic of Moldova 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Mexico 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 North Macedonia 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Mauritius 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Malawi 83.33 2019 up 25.0% rising
20 Malaysia 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Netherlands 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Norway 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Nepal 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 New Zealand 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Pakistan 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Poland 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Romania 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Russian Federation 83.33 2019 up 25.0% rising
20 Saudi Arabia 83.33 2019 up 25.0% rising
20 Singapore 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Serbia 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Slovakia 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Sweden 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 Thailand 83.33 2019 up 66.7% rising
20 Trinidad and Tobago 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
20 South Africa 83.33 2019 unchanged flat
65 United Arab Emirates 66.67 2019 up 33.3% rising
65 Australia 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Belgium 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Benin 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Burkina Faso 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Bangladesh 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Bosnia and Herzegovina 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Brazil 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Botswana 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Canada 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Côte d'Ivoire 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Colombia 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Fiji 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 France 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Guinea-Bissau 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Guyana 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Hungary 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Israel 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Japan 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Republic of Korea 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Lithuania 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Luxembourg 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Mali 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Niger 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Nigeria 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Oman 66.67 2019 up 33.3% rising
65 Senegal 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 El Salvador 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Suriname 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Togo 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Tunisia 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Ukraine 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Uzbekistan 66.67 2019 up 33.3% rising
65 Viet Nam 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
65 Zambia 66.67 2019 up 33.3% rising
65 Taiwan 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
102 Antigua and Barbuda 50 2019 unchanged flat
102 Belarus 50 2019 unchanged flat
102 Barbados 50 2019 unchanged flat
102 Bhutan 50 2019 down 25.0% falling
102 Dominica 50 2019 unchanged flat
102 Guatemala 50 2019 unchanged flat
102 Honduras 50 2019 unchanged flat
102 Iran 50 2019 unchanged flat
102 Saint Kitts and Nevis 50 2019 unchanged flat
102 Lebanon 50 2019 unchanged flat
102 Saint Lucia 50 2019 unchanged flat
102 Montenegro 50 2019 unchanged flat
102 Namibia 50 2019 unchanged flat
102 Portugal 50 2019 unchanged flat
102 Qatar 50 2019 unchanged flat
102 Syria 50 2019 unchanged flat
102 Tanzania, United Republic of 50 2019 unchanged flat
102 Uganda 50 2019 unchanged flat
102 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 50 2019 unchanged flat
121 Costa Rica 33.33 2019 down 33.3% falling
121 Grenada 33.33 2019 unchanged flat
121 Jordan 33.33 2019 up 100.0% rising
121 Kuwait 33.33 2019 unchanged flat
121 Mongolia 33.33 2019 unchanged flat
121 Palestine, State of 33.33 2019 unchanged flat
121 Sudan 33.33 2019 unchanged flat
121 United States 33.33 2019 unchanged flat
129 Philippines 16.67 2019 — volatile
129 Puerto Rico 16.67 2019 unchanged flat
129 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 16.67 2019 unchanged flat

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Protecting minority investors: Extent of shareholder rights index (0-6) (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 shareholder rights 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.