Namibia

Capital city — Windhoek

Country population
2,567,012
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2022
/ World Bank
Type of government
Semi-Presidential Republic
Human Development Index
0.61
(142/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
12.45
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2021
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Safety and Security
Total number of incarcerated people
8,900
estimated figure.…
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2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
318
estimated figure
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2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
75.4 %
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02/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
13
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
2.9 %
not including tho…
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02/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.1 %
not including tho…
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02/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
54 %
estimated percent…
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2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1990
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PdM

+

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

2.9 % (118)

not including those held in police holding cells

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02/2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

0.1 %

not including those held in police holding cells

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02/2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

54 % (4,804)

estimated percentage

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2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1990

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