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Benin

Capital city — Porto-Novo

  • Country population

    13,352,864
    i
    2022
    / World Bank
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    138
    i
    12/2023
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Type of government

    Presidential republic
  • Human Development Index

    0.504

    (173/193)

    i
    2022
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    Data not disclosed

    i
    2024
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Justice, Legislation and Hu…
  • Total number of incarcerated people

    18,170

    via Amnesty Inter…

    i
    12/2023
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Prison density

    213.5 %
    i
    12/2023
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    11
    i
    2019
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    no
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated w…

    3.3 %
    i
    14/12/2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated c…

    1.7 %
    i
    14/12/2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Number and percentage of people awaitin…

    55 %

    estimated percent…

    i
    12/2023
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • The death penalty is abolished

    yes, since 2012
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    PdM
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