Tunisia

Capital city — Tunis

Country population
12,277,109
i
2024
/ The World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
267
i
05/2025
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Semi-presidential democracy
Human Development Index
0.746
(105/193)
i
2023
/ Human Development Report, United Nations Development Program 2023
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
5
i
2020
/ The World Bank)
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Prisons are admin…
Total number of incarcerated people
33,000
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01/05/2025
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
194.1 %
On 17 May, the Tu…
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17/05/2025
/ La Presse Tn
Total number of prison facilities
30
There are 30 pris…
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2025
/ Inkyfada, "Tunisia: faced with prison overcrowding, the justice system continues to imprison indiscriminately" (in French).
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2013
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
3.1 %
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2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
1.05 %
(273)
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12/2022
/ prison administration
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
53.8 %
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2022
/ Ministry of Justice
The death penalty is abolished
no
The death penalty…

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