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Madagascar

Capital city — Antananarivo

  • Country population

    27,691,019
    i
    2020
    / World Bank
  • Type of government

    Constitutional Republic (Semi-President…
  • Human Development Index

    0.528

    (164/188)

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

    Data not disclosed

    i
    2016
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Justice
  • Total number of prisoners

    27,600
    i
    2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    99
    i
    2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Prison density

    245 %
    i
    2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    82
    i
    2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    no

    Madagascar signed…

  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    5.5 %
    i
    2019
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarcerated minors

    3.7 %
    i
    10/2019
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Untried prisoners

    56.8 %
    i
    2019
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    yes, since 2015
    i
    PdM
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