Myanmar

Capital city —

Country population
54,179,306
i
2022
/ World Bank
Type of government
Military Dictatorship
Human Development Index
0.608
(144/193)
i
2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
3.87
i
2022
/ 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
100,324
i
05/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
183
i
05/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
111.5 %
i
05/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
96
46 prisons and 50…
i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
12.3 %
i
2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
1.6 %
i
12/2002
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
15.1 %
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
no
i
PdM

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Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison administration

Ministry of Home Affairs

Prison population

Total number of incarcerated people

100,324

i

05/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

183

i

05/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

111.5 %

i

05/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

96

46 prisons and 50 labour camps

i

2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR