Malaysia

Capital city — Kuala Lumpur

Country population
31,949,777
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.81
(62/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.1
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of incarcerated people
68,603
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09/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
212
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09/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
132 %
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09/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
52
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
4.5 %
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
2.2 %
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09/2002
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
26.7 %
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

4.5 %

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2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

2.2 %

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09/2002

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

26.7 %

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2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

no

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