Côte d'Ivoire

Capital city — Yamoussoukro

Country population
25,716,544
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2019
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
82
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Presidential Republic
Human Development Index
0.538
(162/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
21,186
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
268 %
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08/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
34
i
01/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
2.4 %
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
2.4 %
i
2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
30.7 %
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08/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2000
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

2.4 %

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2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

2.4 %

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2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

30.7 %

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08/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2000

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