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Samoa: Equity openness index (1=fully liberalized) (IMF)

0.50index (0-1) · 2013-33.3% since 2003

Equity openness index captures the ability to conduct transactions involving shares and other securities of a participating nature, excluding those investments for the purpose of acquiring a lasting economic interest which are addressed as a foreign direct investment. It has four sub-components: Purchase locally by nonresidents (equity) | Sale or issue locally by nonresidents (equity) | Purchase abroad by residents (equity) | Sale or issue abroad by residents (equity). (1=fully liberalized) Annual figures for Samoa from 2000 to 2013.