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Capital city
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Bangkok |
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Corruption
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3.8 |
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[61st of 160]
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Parliamentary seats > Female
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6% |
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[100th of 143]
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Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %
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10.6 %
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[117th of 174]
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Start-up procedures to register a business > number
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8
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...
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[115th of 171]
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Status
democracy |
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal and compulsory |
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Time required to build a warehouse > days
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127 days
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...
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[133rd of 168]
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Time required to enforce a contract > days
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425 days
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...
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[100th of 171]
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Time required to register property > days
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2 days
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...
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[166th of 167]
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Time required to start a business > days
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33 days
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[94th of 171]
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Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours
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104 hours
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[150th of 169]
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Time to resolve insolvency > years
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2.7 years
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[87th of 151]
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Total businesses registered > number
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446,972
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[25th of 71]
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Trademarks, nonresidents
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9,241
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...
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[11th of 99]
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Trademarks, residents
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22,612
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[11th of 98]
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Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
separatist violence in Thailand's predominantly Muslim southern provinces prompt border closures and controls with Malaysia to stem terrorist activities; Southeast Asian states have enhanced border surveillance to check the spread of avian flu; talks continue on completion of demarcation with Laos but disputes remain over several islands in the Mekong River; despite continuing border committee talks, Thailand must deal with Karen and other ethnic rebels, refugees, and illegal cross-border activities, and as of 2006, over 116,000 Karen, Hmong, and other refugees and asylum seekers from Burma; Cambodia and Thailand dispute sections of historic boundary with missing boundary markers; Cambodia claims Thai encroachments into Cambodian territory and obstructing access to Preah Vihear temple ruins awarded to Cambodia by ICJ decision in 1962; Thailand is studying the feasibility of jointly constructing the Hatgyi Dam on the Salween river near the border with Burma; in 2004, international environmentalist pressure prompted China to halt construction of 13 dams on the Salween River that flows through China, Burma, and Thailand |
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UN membership date
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16 Dec. 1946 |
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United Nations mission
http://www.mfa.go.th/ |
Washington, D.C. embassies > Neighborhood
Georgetown |
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