Norway

Capital city — Oslo

Country population
5,550,203
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01/01/2024
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2024, table 3.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
54
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31/08/2025
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.97
(2/193)
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2023
/ PNUD, Rapport sur le développement humain
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.72
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2023
/ 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
3,010
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31/08/2025
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
5.5
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2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2024, table 31.
Prison density
83.1 %
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31/01/2024
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2024, table 16.
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…
4.9 %
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31/08/2025
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.4 %
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31/08/2025
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
29.5 %
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31/08/2025
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1979

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