Samoa

Capital city — Apia

Country population
197,097
i
2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Parliamentary Democracy-elective Monarc1
Human Development Index
0.715
(111/188)
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
3.1
i
2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris1
Ministry of Prisons and Corrections Ser1
Total number of prisoners
400
i
12/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit1
204
i
12/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
121 %
i
12/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
4
i
2010
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of female prisone1
6 %
estimated percent1
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2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
5 %
estimated percent1
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
14 %
i
09/2007
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2004
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PdM

Year2021