South Africa

Capital city — Pretoria

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
260
i
07/2025
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Country population
64,007,187
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2024
/ World Bank
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
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Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook - South Africa
Human Development Index
0.741
(106/191)
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2023
/ PNUD, Rapport sur le développement humain
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
43.72
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2022
/ Office des Nations unies contre les drogues et le crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Correctional Se…
Total number of incarcerated people
166,008
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01/07/2025
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
155 %
According to the…
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31/03/2025
/ Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services
Total number of prison facilities
246
The authorities p…
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08/01/2025
/ defenceWeb
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2019
On 19 July 2019,…
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
3.3 %
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31/03/2025
/ Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.1 %
Fifty-eight minor…
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31/03/2025
/ Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
37.3 %
The high rate of…
i
31/07/2025
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1997
The last executio…
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Together against the death penalty (ECPM), Worldmap

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