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Government stats: Hong Kong vs United States

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Corruption 7.2 (20)
General government final consumption expenditure > annual % growth 0.69 % 2.5 %
Ranked 99th in 2004. Ranked 70th in 2004. 3 times more than Hong Kong
General government final consumption expenditure > constant 2000 US$ 17,195,500,000 constant 2000 US$ 1,604,600,000,000 constant 2000 US$
Ranked 33rd in 2004. Ranked 1st in 2004. 92 times more than Hong Kong
General government final consumption expenditure > constant LCU 133973000000 1604600000000
General government final consumption expenditure > current US$ 16,346,820,000 $ 1,844,600,000,000 $
Ranked 39th in 2004. Ranked 1st in 2004. 112 times more than Hong Kong
General government final consumption expenditure > current US$ (per capita) 2,375.1 $ per capita 6,281.5 $ per capita
Ranked 34th in 2004. Ranked 14th in 2004. 164% more than Hong Kong
General government final consumption expenditure > current US$ (per $ GDP) 0.1 $ per $1 of GDP 0.2 $ per $1 of GDP
Ranked 138th in 2004. Ranked 77th in 2004. 60% more than Hong Kong
Legal systems > Common law base principally based on English common law Federal court system based on English common law; each state has its own unique legal system, of which all but one ( Louisiana's, which is based on the Napoleonic Code) is based on English common law
Procedures to enforce a contract > number 16 17
Ranked 167th in 2006. Ranked 166th in 2006. 6% more than Hong Kong
Procedures to register property > number 5 4
Ranked 119th in 2006. 25% more than United States Ranked 141st in 2006.
Start-up procedures to register a business > number 5 5
Ranked 152nd in 2006. Ranked 157th in 2006.
Time required to build a warehouse > days 160 days 69 days
Ranked 102nd in 2006. 132% more than United States Ranked 165th in 2006.
Time required to enforce a contract > days 211 days 300 days
Ranked 159th in 2006. Ranked 138th in 2006. 42% more than Hong Kong
Time required to register property > days 54 days 12 days
Ranked 75th in 2006. 4 times more than United States Ranked 146th in 2006.
Time required to start a business > days 11 days 5 days
Ranked 157th in 2006. 120% more than United States Ranked 169th in 2006.
Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours 80 hours 325 hours
Ranked 158th in 2006. Ranked 54th in 2006. 3 times more than Hong Kong
Time to resolve insolvency > years 1.1 years 1.5 years
Ranked 136th in 2006. Ranked 129th in 2006. 36% more than Hong Kong
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International none the U.S. has intensified domestic security measures and is collaborating closely with its neighbors, Canada and Mexico, to monitor and control legal and illegal personnel, transport, and commodities across the international borders; abundant rainfall in recent years along much of the Mexico-US border region has ameliorated periodically strained water-sharing arrangements; 1990 Maritime Boundary Agreement in the Bering Sea still awaits Russian Duma ratification; managed maritime boundary disputes with Canada at Dixon Entrance, Beaufort Sea, Strait of Juan de Fuca, and around the disputed Machias Seal Island and North Rock; The Bahamas and US have not been able to agree on a maritime boundary; US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay is leased from Cuba and only mutual agreement or US abandonment of the area can terminate the lease; Haiti claims US-administered Navassa Island; US has made no territorial claim in Antarctica (but has reserved the right to do so) and does not recognize the claims of any other states; Marshall Islands claims Wake Island; Tokelau included American Samoa's Swains Island among the islands listed in its 2006 draft constitution
Trademarks, nonresidents 11,208 28,825
Ranked 10th in 2003. Ranked 1st in 2003. 157% more than Hong Kong
Trademarks, residents 7,374 191,902
Ranked 20th in 2003. Ranked 1st in 2003. 25 times more than Hong Kong

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