Hungary

Capital city — Budapest

Country population
9,597,085
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01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.854
40/188
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.5
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of prisoners
18,270
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31/12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
192
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31/12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
11.3
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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.
Prison density
191.5 %
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31/12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
30
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2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2015
Female prisoners
8.4 %
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31/12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.2 %
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31/12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
22.8 %
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31/12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1990

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