Moldova

Capital city — Chișinău

Country population
2,617,820
i
2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Parliamentary)
Human Development Index
0.75
(90/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
4.1
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
6,716
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
166.5
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
25.7
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2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 125.
Prison density
95.4 %
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01/07/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
17
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 1986
Female prisoners
6 %
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 46.
Incarcerated minors
0.6 %
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01/07/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
16.4 %
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01/07/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1995

Year2021