Madagascar

Capital city — Antananarivo

Country population
26,262,368
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2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Semi-President…
Human Development Index
0.521
(162/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
6.9
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2016
/ WHO, World Health Organization
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
27,903
i
10/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
102
i
10/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
264 %
i
02/2019
/ prison administration
Total number of prison facilities
84
i
2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
5.8 %
i
10/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
3.7 %
i
10/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
56.8 %
i
10/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2015
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PdM

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Safeguards

National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies

An NPM has been established

no