North Macedonia

Capital city — Skopje

Country population
1,829,954
i
2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.774
(82/188)
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.2
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
2,606
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
142.4
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
2.8
i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.
Prison density
101.3 %
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.
Total number of prison facilities
Data not disclosed
i
2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2011
i
2011
/ APT
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
3.7 %
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.4 %
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
12.3 %
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 8.
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1991

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

17

i

2022

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

1

i

2022

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

65.2

i

2022

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

3.8

i

2022

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.

National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies

An NPM has been established

yes, since 2011

i

2011

/ APT