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DEFINITION:
Business extent of disclosure index (0=less disclosure to 10=more disclosure). Disclosure index measures the extent to which investors are protected through disclosure of ownership and financial information. The index ranges from 0 to 10, with higher values indicating more disclosure. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | San Marino | 96.01 | 2012 | ||
2 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 74.65 | 2012 | ||
3 | Kiribati | 59.53 | 2012 | ||
4 | Dominica | 55.8 | 2012 | ||
5 | Seychelles | 45.57 | 2012 | ||
6 | Antigua and Barbuda | 44.91 | 2012 | ||
7 | Marshall Islands | 38.06 | 2012 | ||
8 | Grenada | 37.92 | 2012 | ||
9 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 36.57 | 2012 | ||
10 | Tonga | 28.59 | 2012 | ||
11 | Samoa | 26.47 | 2012 | ||
12 | Saint Lucia | 22.12 | 2012 | ||
13 | Iceland | 21.87 | 2012 | ||
14 | Vanuatu | 20.22 | 2012 | ||
15 | Sao Tome and Principe | 15.95 | 2012 | ||
16 | Luxembourg | 11.29 | 2012 | ||
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 9.76 | 2012 | |||
17 | Brunei | 9.7 | 2012 | ||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 9.43 | 2012 | |||
18 | Belize | 9.26 | 2012 | ||
19 | Comoros | 8.36 | 2012 | ||
20 | Equatorial Guinea | 8.15 | 2012 | ||
21 | Montenegro | 8.05 | 2012 | ||
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 7.55 | 2012 | |||
22 | Malta | 7.17 | 2012 | ||
23 | Cyprus | 7.09 | 2012 | ||
24 | Barbados | 7.06 | 2012 | ||
Catholic countries average (profile) | 6.55 | 2012 | |||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 6.46 | 2012 | |||
25 | Guyana | 6.29 | 2012 | ||
26 | Bahrain | 6.07 | 2012 | ||
27 | Estonia | 5.97 | 2012 | ||
28 | Djibouti | 5.82 | 2012 | ||
29 | Solomon Islands | 5.46 | 2012 | ||
30 | Bhutan | 5.39 | 2012 | ||
31 | The Bahamas | 5.38 | 2012 | ||
Hot countries average (profile) | 5.29 | 2012 | |||
Potential Future EU Members average (profile) | 5.2 | 2012 | |||
Christian countries average (profile) | 4.77 | 2012 | |||
32 | Mauritius | 4.65 | 2012 | ||
Europe average (profile) | 4.28 | 2012 | |||
33 | Republic of Macedonia | 4.27 | 2012 | ||
34 | East Timor | 4.13 | 2012 | ||
35 | Gabon | 3.68 | 2012 | ||
36 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.61 | 2012 | ||
Landlocked countries average (profile) | 3.56 | 2012 | |||
37 | Botswana | 3.49 | 2012 | ||
38 | Fiji | 3.43 | 2012 | ||
39 | Kosovo | 3.32 | 2012 | ||
40 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.99 | 2012 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 2.57 | 2012 | |||
41 | Latvia | 2.47 | 2012 | ||
42 | Qatar | 2.44 | 2012 | ||
43 | Slovenia | 2.43 | 2012 | ||
44 | Oman | 2.41 | 2012 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 2.4 | 2012 | |||
45 | Lithuania | 2.34 | 2012 | ||
46 | New Zealand | 2.26 | 2012 | ||
47 | Albania | 2.21 | 2012 | ||
48 | Namibia | 2.21 | 2012 | ||
49 | Ireland | 2.18 | 2012 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 2.12 | 2012 | |||
50 | Lebanon | 2.03 | 2012 | ||
Cold countries average (profile) | 2.03 | 2012 | |||
51 | Cape Verde | 2.02 | 2012 | ||
52 | Armenia | 2.02 | 2012 | ||
53 | Georgia | 1.99 | 2012 | ||
54 | Moldova | 1.97 | 2012 | ||
55 | Puerto Rico | 1.91 | 2012 | ||
56 | Singapore | 1.88 | 2012 | ||
57 | Suriname | 1.87 | 2012 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 1.83 | 2012 | |||
European Union average (profile) | 1.8 | 2012 | |||
58 | Mongolia | 1.79 | 2012 | ||
59 | Swaziland | 1.62 | 2012 | ||
60 | Mauritania | 1.58 | 2012 | ||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 1.52 | 2012 | |||
61 | Jamaica | 1.47 | 2012 | ||
62 | Lesotho | 1.46 | 2012 | ||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 1.43 | 2012 | |||
63 | Norway | 1.39 | 2012 | ||
64 | Republic of the Congo | 1.38 | 2012 | ||
65 | Bulgaria | 1.37 | 2012 | ||
66 | Central African Republic | 1.33 | 2012 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 1.27 | 2012 | |||
67 | Hong Kong | 1.26 | 2012 | ||
68 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.25 | 2012 | ||
69 | Denmark | 1.25 | 2012 | ||
70 | Kuwait | 1.23 | 2012 | ||
71 | The Gambia | 1.12 | 2012 | ||
72 | Finland | 1.11 | 2012 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 1.1 | 2012 | |||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 1.01 | 2012 | |||
73 | Sierra Leone | 1 | 2012 | ||
74 | Tajikistan | 0.999 | 2012 | ||
75 | Serbia | 0.969 | 2012 | ||
76 | Liberia | 0.955 | 2012 | ||
77 | Togo | 0.903 | 2012 | ||
78 | Paraguay | 0.897 | 2012 | ||
79 | Israel | 0.885 | 2012 | ||
80 | Uruguay | 0.884 | 2012 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 0.88 | 2012 | |||
81 | Sweden | 0.841 | 2012 | ||
82 | Burundi | 0.812 | 2012 | ||
83 | Panama | 0.789 | 2012 | ||
84 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.782 | 2012 | ||
85 | Azerbaijan | 0.753 | 2012 | ||
Religious countries average (profile) | 0.751 | 2012 | |||
86 | Belarus | 0.74 | 2012 | ||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 0.735 | 2012 | |||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 0.733 | 2012 | |||
87 | Belgium | 0.718 | 2012 | ||
88 | Eritrea | 0.652 | 2012 | ||
89 | Jordan | 0.633 | 2012 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 0.612 | 2012 | |||
90 | Rwanda | 0.611 | 2012 | ||
91 | Benin | 0.597 | 2012 | ||
92 | Austria | 0.591 | 2012 | ||
93 | Zimbabwe | 0.583 | 2012 | ||
94 | Portugal | 0.57 | 2012 | ||
95 | Papua New Guinea | 0.558 | 2012 | ||
96 | Slovakia | 0.555 | 2012 | ||
97 | Guinea | 0.524 | 2012 | ||
failed states average (profile) | 0.515 | 2012 | |||
98 | Dominican Republic | 0.487 | 2012 | ||
99 | Chad | 0.482 | 2012 | ||
100 | El Salvador | 0.476 | 2012 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 0.474 | 2012 | |||
101 | Tunisia | 0.464 | 2012 | ||
102 | Chile | 0.458 | 2012 | ||
103 | Greece | 0.443 | 2012 | ||
104 | Senegal | 0.437 | 2012 | ||
105 | United Arab Emirates | 0.435 | 2012 | ||
106 | Romania | 0.422 | 2012 | ||
107 | Kazakhstan | 0.417 | 2012 | ||
108 | Costa Rica | 0.416 | 2012 | ||
109 | Mali | 0.404 | 2012 | ||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 0.374 | 2012 | |||
110 | Burkina Faso | 0.365 | 2012 | ||
111 | Australia | 0.353 | 2012 | ||
112 | Niger | 0.35 | 2012 | ||
113 | Malaysia | 0.342 | 2012 | ||
114 | Cambodia | 0.336 | 2012 | ||
115 | Syria | 0.313 | 2012 | ||
116 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.302 | 2012 | ||
117 | Laos | 0.301 | 2012 | ||
118 | Peru | 0.3 | 2012 | ||
119 | Sri Lanka | 0.295 | 2012 | ||
120 | Saudi Arabia | 0.283 | 2012 | ||
121 | Cameroon | 0.277 | 2012 | ||
122 | Ghana | 0.276 | 2012 | ||
123 | Yemen | 0.252 | 2012 | ||
124 | Malawi | 0.251 | 2012 | ||
125 | Netherlands | 0.239 | 2012 | ||
126 | Croatia | 0.234 | 2012 | ||
127 | Canada | 0.229 | 2012 | ||
128 | Madagascar | 0.224 | 2012 | ||
129 | Nepal | 0.218 | 2012 | ||
130 | Zambia | 0.213 | 2012 | ||
131 | Hungary | 0.201 | 2012 | ||
132 | Guatemala | 0.199 | 2012 | ||
133 | Mozambique | 0.198 | 2012 | ||
134 | Haiti | 0.197 | 2012 | ||
135 | Angola | 0.192 | 2012 | ||
136 | Czech Republic | 0.19 | 2012 | ||
137 | Colombia | 0.189 | 2012 | ||
138 | South Sudan | 0.185 | 2012 | ||
139 | Morocco | 0.184 | 2012 | ||
140 | Poland | 0.182 | 2012 | ||
141 | Argentina | 0.17 | 2012 | ||
142 | Nicaragua | 0.167 | 2012 | ||
143 | Libya | 0.162 | 2012 | ||
144 | United Kingdom | 0.158 | 2012 | ||
145 | South Africa | 0.156 | 2012 | ||
146 | France | 0.152 | 2012 | ||
147 | Thailand | 0.15 | 2012 | ||
148 | South Korea | 0.14 | 2012 | ||
149 | Uzbekistan | 0.134 | 2012 | ||
150 | Algeria | 0.13 | 2012 | ||
151 | Iraq | 0.123 | 2012 | ||
152 | Turkey | 0.122 | 2012 | ||
153 | Italy | 0.115 | 2012 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 0.113 | 2012 | |||
154 | Ukraine | 0.11 | 2012 | ||
155 | Spain | 0.108 | 2012 | ||
156 | Venezuela | 0.1 | 2012 | ||
157 | Bolivia | 0.0953 | 2012 | ||
158 | Iran | 0.0916 | 2012 | ||
159 | Uganda | 0.0825 | 2012 | ||
160 | Kenya | 0.0695 | 2012 | ||
161 | Vietnam | 0.0676 | 2012 | ||
162 | Mexico | 0.0662 | 2012 | ||
163 | Ecuador | 0.0645 | 2012 | ||
164 | Tanzania | 0.0628 | 2012 | ||
165 | Egypt | 0.0619 | 2012 | ||
166 | Germany | 0.0611 | 2012 | ||
167 | Burma | 0.0568 | 2012 | ||
168 | Japan | 0.0549 | 2012 | ||
169 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.0457 | 2012 | ||
170 | Russia | 0.0418 | 2012 | ||
171 | Indonesia | 0.0405 | 2012 | ||
172 | Bangladesh | 0.0388 | 2012 | ||
173 | Afghanistan | 0.0335 | 2012 | ||
174 | Pakistan | 0.0335 | 2012 | ||
175 | Ethiopia | 0.0327 | 2012 | ||
176 | Nigeria | 0.0296 | 2012 | ||
177 | Brazil | 0.0252 | 2012 | ||
178 | United States | 0.0223 | 2012 | ||
179 | Philippines | 0.0207 | 2012 | ||
180 | European Union | 0.0121 | 2012 | ||
181 | China | 0.0074 | 2012 | ||
182 | India | 0.00566 | 2012 | ||
=183 | Honduras | 0.0 | 2012 | ||
=183 | Switzerland | 0.0 | 2012 | ||
=183 | Federated States of Micronesia | 0.0 | 2012 | ||
=183 | Maldives | 0.0 | 2012 | ||
=183 | Sudan | 0.0 | 2012 | ||
=183 | Palau | 0.0 | 2012 |