Vanuatu

Capital city — Port Vila

Country population
307,150
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2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary republic
Human Development Index
0.609
(140/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
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2016
/ WHO, World Health Organization
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Community Servi…
Total number of prisoners
253
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
86
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
107 %
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09/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
4
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2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
2.5 %
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.5 %
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09/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
15.3 %
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1980
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PdM

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2021

Overview

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice and Community Services

Prison population

Total number of prisoners

253

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2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

86

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2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

107 %

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09/2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total number of prison facilities

4

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2015

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR