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Oman

Capital city — Muscat

  • Country population

    4,640,927
    i
    01/2020
    / National Centre for Statistics and Information
  • Type of government

    Absolute Monarchy
  • Human Development Index

    0.813

    (60/188)

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

    0.3
    i
    2018
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Royal Police
  • Total number of prisoners

    1,960
    i
    11/2015
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    45
    i
    11/2015
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Prison density

    Data not disclosed

  • Total number of prison facilities

    3
    i
    2000
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    no
  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    3.9 %
    i
    2002
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarcerated minors

    3.8 %
    i
    2002
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Untried prisoners

    5.6 %
    i
    2002
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    no
    i
    PdM
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