Côte d'Ivoire

Capital city — Yamoussoukro

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
94
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05/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Country population
31,934,230
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2024
/ World Bank
Type of government
Presidential Republic
Human Development Index
0.582
(157/193)
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2022
/ PNUD, Rapport sur le développement humain
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Human Rights
The Directorate o…
Total number of incarcerated people
28,608
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08/2025
/ Prison administration
Prison density
297.07 %
This is one of th…
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05/2024
/ "Rapport alternatif de l’ACAT Côte d’Ivoire, la FIACAT, La Balle aux prisonniers (LaBap) et Prisonniers Sans Frontières (PrSF) à l’occasion de l’examen de la Côte d’Ivoire par le Comité contre la torture lors de sa 80ème session”, juillet 2024, pp. 11-12 (in French).
Total number of prison facilities
41
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2024
/ ACAT Côte d’Ivoire, FIACAT, La Balle aux prisonniers (LaBAP) and Prisonniers Sans Frontières (PrSF), “Appendix III - Table showing the health situation in MACs”, 2024 (in French).
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
2.5 %
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08/2025
/ Prison administration
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
1.1 %
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08/2025
/ Prison administration
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
34.5 %
People awaiting j…
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08/2025
/ Prison administration
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2000
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Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM)

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