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Guatemala

Capital city — Guatemala City

  • Country population

    16,604,026
    i
    2019
    / World Bank
  • Type of government

    Unitary Republic
  • Human Development Index

    0.663

    (127/188)

    i
    2019
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    22.5
    i
    2018
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Government
  • Total number of prisoners

    25,298
    i
    02/2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    139
    i
    02/2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Prison density

    372 %
    i
    10/2019
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    21
    i
    2017
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    yes, since 2010
  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    11.1 %
    i
    02/2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarcerated minors

    4.6 %
    i
    08/2013
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Untried prisoners

    49.4 %
    i
    02/2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    yes, since 2017

    for common law cr…

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    PdM
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