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> % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	22.95 %		[1st of 38]
Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	64.87 %		[1st of 39]
Courts > % of managers surveyed lacking confidence in courts to uphold property rights	69.77 %		[4th of 39]
Courts > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	56.09 %		[1st of 39]
Executions	2 executions		[25th of 22]
Illicit drugs cannabis cultivation dramatically reduced to 2,500 hectares in 2002 despite continued significant cannabis consumption; opium poppy cultivation minimal; small amounts of Latin American cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin transit country on way to European markets and for Middle Eastern consumption; money laundering of drug proceeds fuels concern that extremists are benefiting from drug trafficking
Prisoners	5,535 prisoners		[88th of 168]
Prisoners > Female	2.7%		[98th of 134]
Prisoners > Foreign prisoners	36.1%		[13th of 86]
Prisoners > Per capita	146 per 100,000 people		[60th of 164]
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees	55.2%		[28th of 143]
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled	115.3%		[67th of 128]
Software piracy rate	73%		[39th of 107]
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines	1.3		[114th of 143]

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