Belgium

Capital city — Brussels

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
109
i
01/05/2025
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Country population
11,900,123
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01/2025
/ Eurostat, Population on 1 January
Type of government
Federal Parliamentary Democracy under a…
Human Development Index
951
(10/191)
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2023
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.08
i
2021
/ United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Federal Public Service of Justice (FPS)
Total number of incarcerated people
13,137
i
03/10/2025
/ prison administration
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
6.9
i
2024
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2024, table 31.
Prison density
125.3 %
The number of inc…
i
17/03/2025
/ RTL info
Total number of prison facilities
39
including two det…
i
10/2025
/ FPS Justice, Prisons
An NPM has been established
yes
On 4 April 2024,…
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
4.4 %
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31/01/2024
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2024, table 7a.
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0 %
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2024
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I - 2024 Report, table 7a.
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
32.6 %
In February 2025,…
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11/02/2025
/ RTBF
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1996
The death penalty…
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FPS Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (in French).

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