Maldives

Capital city — Malé

Country population
523,787
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2022
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.762
(87/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.59
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2019
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of incarcerated people
1,700
estimate
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10/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
314
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10/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
125 %
estimated percent…
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10/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
11
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2007
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
4.3 %
i
2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
1.3 %
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2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
14.3 %
estimated percent…
i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
no
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PdM

+

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

4.3 %

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2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

1.3 %

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2013

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

14.3 %

estimated percentage

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2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

no

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