Jordan

Capital city — Amman

Country population
10,101,694
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.729
(102/188)
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2019
/ PNUD, Rapport sur le développement humain
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.4
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior, Public Securi…
Total number of incarcerated people
20,060
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
198
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
150 %
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
17
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
2.2 %
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
36.9 %
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

2.2 % (441)

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12/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

36.9 % (7,409)

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2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

no

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