Serbia

Capital city — Belgrade

Country population
6,908,224
i
2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional republic (Parliamentary)
Human Development Index
0.806
(64/188)
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.2
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2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
10,543
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09/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
160
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 34.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
5.8
i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.
Prison density
106 %
i
15/04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
30
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2011
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
4.2 %
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45.
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
2.1 %
i
31/12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
17.2 %
(1903)
i
31/12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2002

2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 117.