Palau

Capital city — Ngerulmud

Country population
18,092
i
2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential)
Human Development Index
0.826
(50/188)
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
86
i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
478
i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
148 %
i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
1
i
2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of female prisone…
4 %
i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
5.6 %
i
2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
4.1 %
i
04/2005
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1994
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PdM

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Country-profile

2021

Safeguards

An NPM has been established

no