Zambia

Capital city — Lusaka

Country population
17,351,822
i
2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential)
Human Development Index
0.591
(143/188)
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
5.3
i
2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of prisoners
22,823
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
123
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
303 %
i
05/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
90
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
3 %
i
2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2.5 %
i
09/2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
28 %
i
05/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice
i
PdM

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Country-profile

Introduction

Country population

17,351,822

i

2018

Type of government

Constitutional Republic (Presidential)

Human Development Index

0.591

(143/188)

i

2018

/ UNDP, Human Development Report

Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

5.3

i

2017

/ UNDP, Human Development Report