Switzerland

Capital city — Bern

Country population
8,812,728
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2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Type of government
Federal state
(with directorate…
Human Development Index
0.967
(1/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.6
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2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Federal Department of Justice and Polic…
Total number of incarcerated people
6,881
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31/01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
77
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31/01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
2
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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.
Prison density
94.9 %
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31/01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
88
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2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2009
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
5.7 %
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31/01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.7 %
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31/01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
22.9 %
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31/01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1999

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