Panama

Capital city — Panama

Country population
4,246,439
i
2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential)
Human Development Index
0.815
(57/188)
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
9.4
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris1
Ministry of Government
Total number of prisoners
18,174
i
02/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit1
420
i
02/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
125 %
i
02/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
23
i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2018
Number and percentage of female prisone1
5.2 %
i
02/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
Data not disclosed
Untried prisoners
39.2 %
i
02/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1916
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PdM

Year2021

yes, since 2018