Madagascar

Capital city — Antananarivo

Country population
29,611,714
i
2022
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Semi-President…
Human Development Index
0.487
(177/193)
i
2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
30,530
via US State Depa…
i
10/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
101
i
10/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
277.5 %
i
10/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
82
i
10/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Madagascar signed…
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
5.5 %
i
06/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
3.1 %
i
06/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
47 %
estimated percent…
i
10/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2015
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Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison administration

Ministry of Justice

Prison population

Total number of incarcerated people

30,530

via US State Department human rights report

i

10/2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

101

i

10/2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

277.5 %

i

10/2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

82

i

10/2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR