Protecting minority investors: Extent of shareholder rights index in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Protecting minority investors: Extent of shareholder rights index was 33.33 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
33.33
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
121st
of 191 countries
All-time high
50
in 2013
All-time low
33.33
in 2017
Years of data
7
2013–2019

Protecting minority investors: Extent of shareholder rights index in Costa Rica, 2013–2019

010203040502013201620192013: 502014: 502015: 502016: 502017: 33.32018: 33.32019: 33.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for protecting minority investors: extent of shareholder rights index in Costa Rica is 33.33, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.

That represents a change of down 33.3% over ten years.

Costa Rica ranks 121st of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Protecting minority investors: Extent of shareholder rights index in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Protecting minority investors: Extent of shareholder rights index (0-6) (DB15-20 methodology) - Score in Costa Rica, 2013 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2013 50
2014 50 +0.0%
2015 50 +0.0%
2016 50 +0.0%
2017 33.33 -33.3%
2018 33.33 +0.0%
2019 33.33 +0.0%

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 121 United States of America 33.33 compare
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  3. 121 Jordan 33.33 compare
  4. 121 Kuwait 33.33 compare
  5. 121 Mongolia 33.33 compare
  6. 121 Sudan 33.33 compare
  7. 121 Palestine, State of 33.33 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is protecting minority investors: extent of shareholder rights index in Costa Rica?
Protecting minority investors: extent of shareholder rights index in Costa Rica was 33.33 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest protecting minority investors: extent of shareholder rights index recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 50 in 2013.
What is the lowest protecting minority investors: extent of shareholder rights index recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 33.33 in 2017.
How does Costa Rica rank for protecting minority investors: extent of shareholder rights index?
Costa Rica ranks 121st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is protecting minority investors: extent of shareholder rights index rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Protecting minority investors: Extent of shareholder rights index (0-6) (DB15-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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.