Kuwait

Capital city — Kuwait City

Country population
4,137,309
i
2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.808
(57/188)
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.8
i
2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of prisoners
4,662
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
117
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
134 %
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
3
(in one complex)
i
2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of female prisone…
5.8 %
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
-
Untried prisoners
10 %
estimated percent…
i
2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
i
PdM

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Country-profile

Introduction

Country population

4,137,309

i

2018

Type of government

Constitutional Monarchy

Human Development Index

0.808

(57/188)

i

2018

/ UNDP, Human Development Report

Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

1.8

i

2017

/ UNDP, Human Development Report