Yemen

Capital city — Sana'a

Country population
34,449,825
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2023
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
35
i
2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Republic
Human Development Index
0.424
(186/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of prisoners
9,719
i
2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
Data not disclosed
Total number of prison facilities
43
i
2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
1.3 %
i
2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.9 %
i
2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
59 %
i
2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

1.3 % (125)

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2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

1.9 %

i

2013

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

59 % (5,739)

i

2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no