Moldova

Capital city — Chișinău

Country population
2,512,758
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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
0.711
(107/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
3.2
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
6,079
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2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
241.9
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
25.3
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2021
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 31.
Prison density
90.3 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.
Total number of prison facilities
17
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 1986
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
326 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.6 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
17.1 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 8.
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1995
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