Malawi

Capital city — Lilongwe

Country population
18,143,315
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2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential)
Human Development Index
0.485
(172/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.7
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal S…
Total number of prisoners
14,778
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09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
76
i
09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
199 %
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10/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
30
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
1.1 %
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07/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
7.7 %
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07/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
18 %
estimated percent…
i
10/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice
no execution sinc…
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Country-profile

Special populations

Female prisoners

1.1 %

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07/2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

7.7 %

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07/2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried prisoners

18 %

estimated percentage

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10/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

no, but abolitionist in practice

no execution since 1992

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