NationMaster - Basotho Government statistics

Capital city	Maseru
Corruption	3.4		[73rd of 160]
Parliamentary seats > Female	4%		[114th of 143]
Procedures to register property > number	6	...	[88th of 167]
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %	11.7 %	...	[103rd of 174]
Start-up procedures to register a business > number	8	...	[107th of 171]
Status democracy
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal
Time required to build a warehouse > days	265 days	...	[40th of 168]
Time required to enforce a contract > days	695 days	...	[35th of 171]
Time required to register property > days	101 days	...	[43rd of 167]
Time required to start a business > days	73 days	...	[26th of 171]
Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours	352 hours	...	[47th of 169]
Time to resolve insolvency > years	2.6 years	...	[90th of 151]
Trademarks, nonresidents	903	...	[78th of 99]
Trademarks, residents	15	...	[93rd of 98]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International	none
UN membership date	17 Oct. 1966
United Nations mission http://www.un.int/lesotho/
Washington, D.C. embassies > Neighborhood	Embassy Row

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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: Lesotho, Kingdom of Lesotho

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