Guinea-Bissau

Capital city — Bissau

Country population
1,920,922
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.48
(175/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.1
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
196
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02/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
10
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02/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
102 %
This occupation r…
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2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
3
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2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
2.6 %
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02/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
2.6 %
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02/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
67.9 %
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02/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1993
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PdM

+

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

2.6 % (5)

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02/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

2.6 % (5)

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02/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

67.9 % (133)

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02/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1993

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