Bhutan

Capital city — Thimphu

Country population
782,455
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2022
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
145
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12/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.681
(125/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.46
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2020
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs
Total number of incarcerated people
1,119
via US State Depa…
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12/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
Data not disclosed
Total number of prison facilities
7
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2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
4.3 %
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12/2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
3.4 %
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12/2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
Data not disclosed
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2004
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