North Macedonia

Capital city — Skopje

Country population
2,082,958
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2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.759
(82/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.5
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
2,330
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01/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
112
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01/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
14
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2018
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 120.
Prison density
93 %
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01/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
14
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2011
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2011
/ APT
Female prisoners
3 %
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 44.
Incarcerated minors
0.9 %
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09/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
12.6 %
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 48.
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1991
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Special populations

Female prisoners

3 % (70)

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01/2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 44.

Incarcerated minors

0.9 %

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09/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

12.6 % (294)

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01/2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 48.

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1991

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