Latvia

Capital city — Riga

Country population
1,883,008
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01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Parliamentary)
Human Development Index
0.866
37/188
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
4.4
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
3,229
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
171.5
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
Data not disclosed
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2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.
Prison density
66 %
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31/01/2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 16.
Total number of prison facilities
9
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2022
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18/11/2022
/ Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
7.7 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.7 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
22.7 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 8.
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2012

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