NationMaster - Ecuadorian Government statistics

Capital city Quito
Corruption	2.5		[122nd of 160]
Procedures to register property > number	10	...	[12th of 167]
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %	16 %	...	[74th of 174]
Start-up procedures to register a business > number	14	...	[14th of 171]
Status democracy
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal, compulsory for literate persons ages 18-65, optional for other eligible voters
Time required to build a warehouse > days	149 days	...	[114th of 168]
Time required to enforce a contract > days	498 days	...	[79th of 171]
Time required to register property > days	20 days	...	[136th of 167]
Time required to start a business > days	65 days	...	[31st of 171]
Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours	600 hours	...	[20th of 169]
Time to resolve insolvency > years	8 years	...	[4th of 151]
Total businesses registered > number	43,987	...	[56th of 71]
Trademarks, nonresidents	4,822	...	[13th of 99]
Trademarks, residents	5,571	...	[22nd of 98]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International organized illegal narcotics operations in Colombia penetrate across Ecuador's shared border, which thousands of Colombians also cross to escape the violence in their home country
UN membership date	21 Dec. 1945
United Nations mission http://www.ecuador.org/ingles/About_Ecuador/government_info/international_relations.htm
Washington, D.C. embassies > Neighborhood Columbia Heights

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Transparency International; World Development Indicators database; electionworld.org; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Wisconsin High School Model United Nations; Wikipedia: List of Washington, D.C. embassies

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Ecuador, Republic of Ecuador, Republica del Ecuador

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