Belarus

Capital city — Minsk

Country population
9,228,071
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2022
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
345
i
12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Presidential Republic
Human Development Index
0.801
(69/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.33
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2019
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Total number of incarcerated people
32,556
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31/12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
83 %
i
31/12/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
67
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
10.8 %
i
31/12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.4 %
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31/12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
16.6 %
i
31/12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
no

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