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> % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	27.81 %		[11th of 38]
Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	49.23 %		[8th of 39]
Courts > % of managers surveyed lacking confidence in courts to uphold property rights	70.8 %		[2nd of 39]
Courts > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	34 %		[1st of 39]
Death penalty > Abolition date	1,906		[63rd of 64]
Illicit drugs significant transit country for cocaine originating in Colombia and Peru, with over half of the US-bound cocaine passing through Ecuadorian Pacific waters; importer of precursor chemicals used in production of illicit narcotics; attractive location for cash-placement by drug traffickers laundering money because of dollarization and weak anti-money-laundering regime; increased activity on the northern frontier by trafficking groups and Colombian insurgents
Jails	32		[34th of 80]
Murders committed by youths	757		[11th of 73]
Murders committed by youths per capita	15.9		[8th of 57]
Prisoners	8,274 prisoners		[34th of 168]
Prisoners > Per capita	59 per 100,000 people		[121st of 164]
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees	69.9%		[9th of 143]
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled	115%		[68th of 128]
Software piracy rate	66%		[50th of 107]
United States extradition treaties > Citation 18 Stat. 199; TS 79; 7 Bevans 321. 55 Stat. 1196; TS 972; 7 Bevans 346.
United States extradition treaties > Date signed June 28, 1872 September 22, 1939
United States extradition treaties > Entered into force November 12, 1873 May 29, 1941
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines	0		[127th of 143]

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