Norway

Capital city — Oslo

Country population
5,488,984
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01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
56
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03/05/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.961
(2/191)
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2021
/ UNDP, Human Development Index
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.57
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2020
/ United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
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(JD, Justis- og beredskapsdepartementet)
Total number of incarcerated people
3,092
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03/05/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
6.6
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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 31.
Prison density
89.7 %
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03/05/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
33
consisting of 58…
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2021
/ Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research – ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2014
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
4.5 %
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03/05/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.3 %
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03/05/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
30.8 %
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03/05/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1979

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