Business extent of disclosure index (0=less disclosure to 10=more disclosure) - Business environment - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators

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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.

Rank	Country	Value
Business extent of disclosure index (0=less disclosure to 10=more disclosure) - Business environment - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators (2009)
1	Hong Kong	10
2	United Kingdom	10
3	Indonesia	10
4	China	10
5	New Zealand	10
6	Singapore	10
7	Thailand	10
8	France	10
9	Malaysia	10
10	Ireland	10
11	Bulgaria	10
12	Turkey	9
13	Macedonia	9
14	Saudi Arabia	9
15	Romania	9
16	Lebanon	9
17	Belgium	8
18	Mexico	8
19	Albania	8
20	Kyrgyzstan	8
21	Peru	8
22	Australia	8
23	Bahrain	8
24	South Africa	8
25	Oman	8
26	Zimbabwe	8
27	Canada	8
28	Georgia	8
29	Colombia	8
30	Estonia	8
31	Egypt	8
32	Japan	7
33	North Korea	7
34	India	7
35	United States	7
36	Israel	7
37	Puerto Rico	7
38	Botswana	7
39	Azerbaijan	7
40	Chile	7
41	Kuwait	7
42	Serbia	7
43	Rwanda	7
44	Denmark	7
45	Italy	7
46	Norway	7
47	South Korea	7
48	Kazakhstan	7
49	Ghana	7
50	Poland	7
51	Moldova	7
52	Europe & Central Asia	6.43
53	Sweden	6
54	Syria	6
55	Paraguay	6
56	Finland	6
57	Chad	6
58	Comoros	6
59	Tajikistan	6
60	Gabon	6
61	Republic of the Congo	6
62	Cameroon	6
63	Ivory Coast	6
64	Guinea	6
65	Central African Republic	6
66	Guinea-Bissau	6
67	Equatorial Guinea	6
68	Portugal	6
69	Pakistan	6
70	Sierra Leone	6
71	Russia	6
72	Mauritius	6
73	Brazil	6
74	Vietnam	6
75	Nepal	6
76	West Bank and Gaza	6
77	Niger	6
78	Yemen	6
79	Togo	6
80	Bangladesh	6
81	Burkina Faso	6
82	Kiribati	6
83	Morocco	6
84	Benin	6
85	Luxembourg	6
86	Mali	6
87	Argentina	6
88	Senegal	6
89	Algeria	6
90	High income: OECD	5.93
91	Middle East & North Africa	5.92
92	High income	5.89
93	High income: nonOECD	5.85
94	Upper middle income	5.55
95	Euro area	5.40
96	Angola	5
97	Mongolia	5
98	Armenia	5
99	Tunisia	5
100	Spain	5
101	Mauritania	5
102	Iran	5
103	Nigeria	5
104	Namibia	5
105	Dominican Republic	5
106	Mozambique	5
107	Guyana	5
108	Papua New Guinea	5
109	Germany	5
110	Ukraine	5
111	Lithuania	5
112	Qatar	5
113	Latvia	5
114	Bhutan	5
115	Cambodia	5
116	Madagascar	5
117	Djibouti	5
118	Vanuatu	5
119	El Salvador	5
120	Samoa	5
121	Jordan	5
122	Belarus	5
123	Iceland	5
124	Montenegro	5
125	Middle income	4.99
126	Low & middle income	4.95
127	Low income	4.85
128	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.78
129	East Asia & Pacific	4.65
130	Lower middle income	4.56
131	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	4.49
132	Least developed countries: UN classification	4.35
133	South Asia	4.25
134	United Arab Emirates	4
135	Antigua and Barbuda	4
136	Burundi	4
137	Latin America & Caribbean	4
138	St. Lucia	4
139	Sri Lanka	4
140	Liberia	4
141	St. Kitts and Nevis	4
142	Ethiopia	4
143	Jamaica	4
144	Iraq	4
145	Dominica	4
146	Grenada	4
147	Eritrea	4
148	Nicaragua	4
149	Seychelles	4
150	Cyprus	4
151	Trinidad and Tobago	4
152	Netherlands	4
153	Uzbekistan	4
154	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	4
155	Malawi	4
156	Timor-Leste	3
157	Tonga	3
158	Guatemala	3
159	Solomon Islands	3
160	Tanzania	3
161	Fiji	3
162	Sao Tome and Principe	3
163	Uruguay	3
164	Brunei Darussalam	3
165	Slovakia	3
166	Slovenia	3
167	Venezuela	3
168	Austria	3
169	Belize	3
170	Kosovo	3
171	Kenya	3
172	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
173	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3
174	Zambia	3
175	Costa Rica	2
176	Haiti	2
177	Hungary	2
178	Uganda	2
179	Gambia	2
180	Marshall Islands	2
181	Lesotho	2
182	Philippines	2
183	Czech Republic	2
184	Bahamas	2
185	Croatia	1
186	Cape Verde	1
187	Ecuador	1
188	Suriname	1
189	Bolivia	1
190	Greece	1
191	Panama	1
192	Honduras	0
193	Sudan	0
194	Switzerland	0
195	Laos	0
196	Maldives	0
197	Micronesia	0
198	Palau	0
199	Swaziland	0
200	Afghanistan	0

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Business extent of disclosure index (0=less disclosure to 10=more disclosure) - Business environment - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators

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