Hungary

Capital city — Budapest

Country population
9,772,756
i
2019
/ Eurostat
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.845
(43/188)
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.5
i
2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of prisoners
16,334
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
167
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
10.7
i
2018
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 119
Prison density
110 %
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
33
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2015
Female prisoners
7.7 %
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.1 %
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
16.6 %
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1990
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PdM

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Introduction

Country population

9,772,756

i

2019

Type of government

Unitary Republic

Human Development Index

0.845

(43/188)

i

2018

/ UNDP, Human Development Report

Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

2.5

i

2017

/ UNDP, Human Development Report