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> % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint
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6.83 %
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[22nd of 38]
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Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint
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6.48 %
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[33rd of 39]
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Courts > % of managers surveyed lacking confidence in courts to uphold property rights
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41.7 %
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[20th of 39]
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Courts > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint
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5.12 %
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[29th of 39]
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Executions
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0 executions |
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[31st of 22]
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Illicit drugs
transit country for Afghan narcotics bound for Russian and, to a lesser extent, Western European markets; limited illicit cultivation of cannabis and small amounts of opium poppy for domestic consumption; poppy cultivation almost wiped out by government crop eradication program; transit point for heroin precursor chemicals bound for Afghanistan |
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Murders committed by youths
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249 |
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[19th of 73]
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Murders committed by youths per capita
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2.6 |
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[34th of 57]
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Prisoners
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48,000 prisoners |
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[29th of 168]
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Prisoners > Per capita
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184 per 100,000 people |
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[41st of 164]
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Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees
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11.5% |
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[128th of 143]
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Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled
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113.5% |
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[70th of 128]
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Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Current situation
Uzbekistan is a source country for women and girls trafficked to Kazakhstan, Russia, Middle East, and Asia for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation; men are trafficked to Kazakhstan and Russia for purposes of forced labor in the construction, cotton, and tobacco industries; men and women are also trafficked internally for the purposes of domestic servitude, forced labor in the agricultural and construction industries, and for commercial sexual exploitation |
Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Tier rating
Tier 2 Watch List - Uzbekistan is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat severe forms of trafficking in 2007; the government did not amend its criminal code to increase penalties for convicted traffickers; in March 2008, Uzbekistan adopted ILO Conventions on minimum age of employment and on the elimination of the worst forms of child labor and is working with the ILO on implementation; the government also demonstrated its increasing commitment to combat trafficking in March 2008 by adopting a comprehensive anti-trafficking law; Uzbekistan has not ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol |
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Unpaid diplomatic parking fines
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8.8 |
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[68th of 143]
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