
Croatia
Capital city — Zagreb
Country population
i01/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.Type of government
Human Development Index
0.851(43/188)
iHomicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
iName of authority in charge of the pris…
Total number of incarcerated people
i31/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
i31/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
Data not disclosed
i2020/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 125.Prison density
i31/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.Total number of prison facilities
i2019An NPM has been established
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
i31/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
i31/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.Number and percentage of people awaitin…
i31/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 8.The death penalty is abolished
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Special populations
Women
Number and percentage of incarcerated women
1.9 %
(78)
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.
Percentage of untried women in prison
69.2 %
(54)
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.
Percentage of incarcerated women who are foreign nationals
30.8 %
(24)
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.
Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them
yes, until 3 years old
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 32.
Children
Minimum age of imprisonment for children
14 years old
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 41.
Number and percentage of incarcerated children
0.7 %
(29)
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.
Foreign nationals
Number and percentage of foreign nationals in prison
10.5 %
(430)
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 12.
People serving long-term sentences
People serving a life sentence
Data not disclosed
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 54.
People awaiting trial
Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison
36.4 %
(1,488)
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 8.
Elderly people
Number and percentage of incarcerated elderly people
People sentenced to death
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1990