Nigeria

Capital city — Abuja

Country population
218,541,212
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2022
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential)
Human Development Index
0.548
(161/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
21.74
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2019
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Total number of incarcerated people
81,647
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27/05/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
36
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05/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
136.7 %
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26/07/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
240
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2009
Female prisoners
2.3 %
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27/05/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.7 %
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06/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
67.1 %
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27/05/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

2.3 % (1,878)

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27/05/2024

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

1.7 %

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06/2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

67.1 % (54,758)

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27/05/2024

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no

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