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Capital city Djibouti  
General government final consumption expenditure > annual % growth -3.92 % [111st of 147]
General government final consumption expenditure > constant 2000 US$ 176,483,100 constant 2000 US$ [105th of 145]
General government final consumption expenditure > constant LCU 21491900000  
General government final consumption expenditure > current US$ 195,728,100 $ [133rd of 169]
political parties > Dominant party  
Procedures to enforce a contract > number 59 [6th of 170]
Procedures to register property > number 7 [55th of 167]
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > % 10.8 % [116th of 174]
Start-up procedures to register a business > number 11 [43rd of 171]
Status pseudo-democracy  
Time required to build a warehouse > days 203 days [70th of 168]
Time required to enforce a contract > days 1,225 days [9th of 171]
Time required to register property > days 49 days [84th of 167]
Time required to start a business > days 37 days [81st of 171]
Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours 114 hours [143rd of 169]
Time to resolve insolvency > years 5 years [19th of 151]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
Djibouti maintains economic ties and border accords with "Somaliland" leadership while maintaining some political ties to various factions in Somalia; Kuwait is chief investor in the 2008 restoration and upgrade of the Ethiopian-Djibouti rail link
UN membership date 20 Sep. 1977  
United Nations mission
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5482.htm


Democracy

 

CPIA gender equality rating 3 [49th of 75]
CPIA property rights and rule-based governance rating 2.5 [45th of 75]
CPIA transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector rating 2.5 [48th of 75]
Electoral system party block  
Electoral system type plurality  
Female candidacy 1,986 [2nd of 161]
Female parliamentarians 0% [154th of 157]
Female suffrage 1946  
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Laws against homosexuality Yes  
Parliamentary elections > Invalid votes 1.5% [74th of 110]
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout 56.8% [126th of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Total vote 94,303 [134th of 154]
Parliamentary elections > Turnout 29.8 [105th of 117]
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration 165,942 [132nd of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population 316,290 [131st of 163]
Presidential elections > Registered voter turnout 56.3% [72nd of 86]
Presidential elections > Total vote 96,368 [84th of 87]
Presidential elections > Turnout 29 [76th of 82]
Presidential elections > Voter registration 171,232 [83rd of 86]
Presidential elections > Voting age population 332,151 [84th of 91]

 
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