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Kiribati

Capital city — Tarawa

  • Country population

    117,606
    i
    2019
    / World Bank
  • Type of government

    Parliamentary Republic
  • Human Development Index

    0.63

    (134/188)

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

    7.5
    i
    2017
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Office of the President
  • Total number of prisoners

    129
    i
    2016
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    113
    i
    2016
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Prison density

    113 %
    i
    09/2014
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    4
    i
    2012
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    no
  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    0.8 %
    i
    2016
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarcerated minors

    7.75 %
    i
    08/2015
    / UNICEF
  • Untried prisoners

    5.4 %
    i
    2016
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    yes, since 1979
    i
    PdM
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