Finland

Capital city — Helsinki

Country population
5,563,884
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01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Type of government
Parliamentary republic
Human Development Index
0.938
11/188
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2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.6
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2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
2,912
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
52.3
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
5.7
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2021
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 31.
Prison density
97.2 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.
Total number of prison facilities
26
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2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2013
Female prisoners
7.7 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.
Incarcerated minors
0.4 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.
Percentage of untried prisoners
22.8 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 8.
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1972

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