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Tonga
Capital city —
Nuku'alofa
Country population
107,773
i
2023
/
World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.739
(98/193)
i
2022
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
i
2019
/
UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Police, Prisons and Fire Se…
Total number of incarcerated people
557
via Asian and Pac…
i
2022
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
516
i
2022
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
81.5 %
i
09/2013
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
4
i
2014
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
3.8 %
i
2022
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
9.7 %
i
07/2014
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
33 %
i
2022
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
no
i
PdM
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Year
2024
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