NationMaster - Kuwaiti Government statistics

Capital city Kuwait
Corruption	4.7		[45th of 160]
Parliamentary seats > Female	0%		[139th of 143]
Procedures to enforce a contract > number	52	...	[16th of 170]
Procedures to register property > number	8	...	[24th of 167]
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %	1.5 %	...	[168th of 174]
Start-up procedures to register a business > number	13	...	[22nd of 171]
Status	pseudo-democracy
Suffrage NA years of age; universal (adult); note - males in the military or police are not allowed to vote; adult females were allowed to vote as of 16 May 2005; all voters must have been citizens for 20 years
Time required to build a warehouse > days	149 days	...	[113rd of 168]
Time required to enforce a contract > days	390 days	...	[116th of 171]
Time required to register property > days	55 days	...	[73rd of 167]
Time required to start a business > days	35 days	...	[85th of 171]
Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours	118 hours	...	[141st of 169]
Time to resolve insolvency > years	4.2 years	...	[31st of 151]
Trademarks, nonresidents	1,546	...	[65th of 99]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International Kuwait and Saudi Arabia continue negotiating a joint maritime boundary with Iran; no maritime boundary exists with Iraq in the Persian Gulf
UN membership date	14 May. 1963
United Nations mission http://www.kuwaitmission.com/
Washington, D.C. embassies > Neighborhood Forest Hills

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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Kuwait, State of Kuwait, Dawlat al Kuwayt, Al Kuwayt

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