
Hungary
Capital city — Budapest
Country population
i01/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.Type of government
Human Development Index
0.85440/188
iHomicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
iName of authority in charge of the pris…
Total number of incarcerated people
i31/12/2023Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
i31/12/2023Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
i2022/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.Prison density
i31/12/2023Total number of prison facilities
i2023An NPM has been established
Female prisoners
i31/12/2023Incarcerated minors
i31/12/2023Percentage of untried prisoners
i31/12/2023Death penalty is abolished
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Special populations
Women
Female prisoners
8.4 %
(1,526)
i
31/12/2023
Percentage of untried female prisoners
24.6 %
(369)
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.
Percentage of foreign female prisoners
4.9 %
(74)
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.
Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them
yes, until 1 year old
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 32.
Minors
Minimum age of imprisonment for minors
14 years old
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 41.
Incarcerated minors
0.2 %
(37)
i
31/12/2023
Foreign prisoners
Number and percentage of foreign prisoners
4.9 %
(895)
i
31/01/2023
Long-term prisoners
People serving a life sentence
2.3 %
(423)
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 10.
Untried prisoners
Percentage of untried prisoners
22.8 %
(4,161)
i
31/12/2023
Elderly prisoners
Number and percentage of elderly prisoners
Death penalty prisoners
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1990