Portugal

Capital city — Lisbon

Country population
10,749,635
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01/01/2025
/ Eurostat, Population on 1 January
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
120
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01/09/2025
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary republic
Human Development Index
0.89
(40/193)
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2023
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.72
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2022
/ United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
12,941
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01/09/2025
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
31.1
The average lengt…
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20/07/2025
/ The Portugal news
Prison density
101.8 %
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01/09/2025
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
49
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2021
/ prison administration
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2013
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
7.1 %
(919)
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01/09/2025
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.2 %
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01/01/2024
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2024, table 6.
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
23.2 %
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01/09/2025
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1976

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