Laos

Capital city — Vientiane

Country population
7,529,475
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2022
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.62
(139/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Public Safety
Total number of incarcerated people
11,885
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06/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
166
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06/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
Data not disclosed
Total number of prison facilities
19
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
13.7 %
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06/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
Data not disclosed
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
67 %
estimated percent…
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
no
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PdM

+

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

13.7 % (1,628)

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06/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

Data not disclosed

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

67 %

estimated percentage

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2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

no

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