Niger

Capital city — Niamey

Country population
26,207,977
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2022
/ World Bank
Type of government
Military dictatorship
Human Development Index
0.394
(189/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
12,579
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31/01/2023
/ Prison administration
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
40
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
97.4 %
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31/12/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
41
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31/01/2023
/ Prison administration
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
3.9 %
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31/01/2023
/ Prison administration
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
5 %
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31/01/2023
/ Prison administration
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
64 %
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31/01/2023
/ Prison administration
The death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

3.9 % (485)

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31/01/2023

/ Prison administration

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

5 % (633)

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31/01/2023

/ Prison administration

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

64 % (8,054)

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31/01/2023

/ Prison administration

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

no

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