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Azerbaijan

Capital city — Baku

  • Country population

    10,024,283
    i
    2020
    / World Bank
  • Type of government

    Parliamentary republic
  • Human Development Index

    0.756

    88/188

    i
    2020
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    2
    i
    2020
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Justice
  • Total number of prisoners

    21,008
    i
    15/04/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    208.1
    i
    31/01/2020
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
  • Average length of imprisonment (in mont…

    Data not disclosed

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

    83 %
    i
    15/04/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    53
    i
    2006
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    yes, since 2009
  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    2.7 %
    i
    2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarcerated minors

    0.3 %
    i
    31/01/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Untried prisoners

    16 %
    i
    31/01/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    yes, since 1998
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  • Country population
  • Type of government
  • Human Development Index
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

Introduction

Themes
  • Country population
  • Type of government
  • Human Development Index
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

Country population

10,024,283

i
2020
/ World Bank

Type of government

Parliamentary republic

Human Development Index

0.756

88/188

i
2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report

Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

2

i
2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
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