Lithuania

Capital city — Vilnius

Country population
2,857,279
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01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.882
(34/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
4.6
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
4,551
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01/01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
156
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01/01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
20.9
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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.
Prison density
68.4 %
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01/01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
8
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2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2014
Female prisoners
4.5 %
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01/01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.2 %
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01/01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
11.8 %
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01/01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1998

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