Panama

Capital city — Panama

Country population
4,468,087
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2023
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential)
Human Development Index
0.82
(57/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
11.32
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2022
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Government
Total number of incarcerated people
23,798
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31/03/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
522
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03/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
163.1 %
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31/03/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
23
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2018
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
4.9 %
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31/03/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0 %
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12/2012
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
35.2 %
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31/03/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1916
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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

4.9 % (1,175)

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31/03/2024

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

0 %

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12/2012

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

35.2 % (8,369)

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31/03/2024

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1916

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