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Government stats: Portugal vs United States

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Capital city Lisbon Washington, DC
Corruption 6.5 (28) 7.2 (20)
General government final consumption expenditure > annual % growth 2.45 % 2.5 %
Ranked 71st in 2004. Ranked 70th in 2004. 2% more than Portugal
General government final consumption expenditure > constant 2000 US$ 23,733,830,000 constant 2000 US$ 1,604,600,000,000 constant 2000 US$
Ranked 29th in 2004. Ranked 1st in 2004. 67 times more than Portugal
General government final consumption expenditure > current US$ 36,469,330,000 $ 1,844,600,000,000 $
Ranked 28th in 2004. Ranked 1st in 2004. 50 times more than Portugal
General government final consumption expenditure > current US$ (per $ GDP) 0.2 $ per $1 of GDP 0.2 $ per $1 of GDP
Ranked 36th in 2004. 30% more than United States Ranked 77th in 2004.
Legal origin French English
Parliamentary seats > Female 13% 13%
Ranked 40th. Ranked 42nd.
Status democracy federal democracy
Start-up procedures to register a business > number 8 5
Ranked 123rd in 2006. 60% more than United States Ranked 157th in 2006.
Time required to build a warehouse > days 327 days 69 days
Ranked 17th in 2006. 4 times more than United States Ranked 165th in 2006.
Time required to enforce a contract > days 495 days 300 days
Ranked 80th in 2006. 65% more than United States Ranked 138th in 2006.
Time required to register property > days 81 days 12 days
Ranked 52nd in 2006. 6 times more than United States Ranked 146th in 2006.
Time required to start a business > days 8 days 5 days
Ranked 164th in 2006. 60% more than United States Ranked 169th in 2006.
Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours 328 hours 325 hours
Ranked 53rd in 2006. 1% more than United States Ranked 54th in 2006.
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International Portugal does not recognize Spanish sovereignty over the territory of Olivenza based on a difference of interpretation of the 1815 Congress of Vienna and the 1801 Treaty of Badajoz 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 1,012 26,988
Ranked 32nd in 2004. Ranked 2nd in 2004. 26 times more than Portugal
Trademarks, residents 8,123 213,495
Ranked 18th in 2004. Ranked 2nd in 2004. 25 times more than Portugal
United Nations mission http://www.un.int/portugal/ http://www.state.gov
http://www.un.int/usa/
UN membership date 14 Dec. 1955 24 Oct. 1945

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