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Guatemala

Capital city — Guatemala City

  • Country population

    17,200,000
    i
    2018
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Type of government

    Unitary Republic
  • Human Development Index

    0.651

    (126/188)

    i
    2018
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    26.1
    i
    2017
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Government
  • Total number of incarcerated people

    25,419
    i
    02/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    143
    i
    02/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Prison density

    358 %
    i
    09/2018
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    21
    i
    2017
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    yes, since 2010
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated w…

    11.2 %
    i
    02/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated c…

    4.6 %
    i
    08/2013
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Number and percentage of people awaitin…

    46.5 %
    i
    02/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • The death penalty is abolished

    yes, since 2017

    for common law cr…

    i
    PdM
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Introduction

Country population

17,200,000

i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report

Type of government

Unitary Republic

Human Development Index

0.651

(126/188)

i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report

Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

26.1

i
2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
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