Madagascar

Capital city — Antananarivo

Country population
27,691,019
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2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Semi-President…
Human Development Index
0.528
(164/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
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2016
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
27,600
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
99
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
245 %
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
82
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Madagascar signed…
Female prisoners
5.5 %
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
3.7 %
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10/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
56.8 %
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2015
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Special populations

Female prisoners

5.5 % (1,548)

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2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

3.7 %

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10/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried prisoners

56.8 % (15,853)

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2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2015

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