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Serbia

Capital city — Belgrade

  • Country population

    6,908,224
    i
    2020
    / World Bank
  • Type of government

    Constitutional republic (Parliamentary)
  • Human Development Index

    0.806

    (64/188)

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

    1.2
    i
    2020
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Justice
  • Total number of incarcerated people

    10,543
    i
    09/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    160
    i
    31/01/2020
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 34.
  • Average length of imprisonment (in mont…

    5.8
    i
    2019
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.
  • Prison density

    106 %
    i
    15/04/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    30
    i
    2017
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    yes, since 2011
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated w…

    4.2 %
    i
    31/01/2020
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45.
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated c…

    2.1 %
    i
    31/12/2019
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Number and percentage of people awaitin…

    17.2 %

    (1903)

    i
    31/12/2019
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • The death penalty is abolished

    yes, since 2002
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