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> % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	9.43 %		[4th of 38]
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Adults prosecuted	291,479		[6th of 28]
DEFINITION: Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	38.44 %		[4th of 39]
DEFINITION: Corruption measures the share of senior managers who ranked corruption as a major or very severe constraint.		View time series
SOURCE: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Courts > % of managers surveyed lacking confidence in courts to uphold property rights	18.22 %		[6th of 39]
DEFINITION: Lack confidence that courts uphold property rights is the share of senior managers who do not agree with the statement: “I am confident that the judicial system will enforce my contractual and property rights in business disputes.”		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Courts > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	4.62 %		[4th of 39]
DEFINITION: Courts measure the share of senior managers who ranked courts and dispute resolution systems as a major or very severe constraint.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Executions	1 executions		[20th of 22]
DEFINITION: Number of known executions in the country (Data is for 2007). Because these figures include only documented cases; the true figures are likely to be higher in many countries.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Females prosecuted	43,948		[6th of 26]
DEFINITION: Total number of female prisoners. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.
SOURCE: Amnesty International
Judges and Magistrates	104		[30th of 35]
DEFINITION: Number of Judges and Magistrates
SOURCE: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Prisoners	0 prisoners		[155th of 168]
DEFINITION: Total persons incarcerated
SOURCE: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Prisoners > Per capita	0 per 100,000 people		[156th of 164]
DEFINITION: Data for 2003. Number of prisoners held per 100,000 population.
SOURCE: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines	59.7		[14th of 143]
DEFINITION: Average Unpaid Annual New York City Parking Violations per Diplomat, 11/1997 to 11/2002.
SOURCE: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief

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