Malawi

Capital city — Lilongwe

Country population
20,405,317
i
2022
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential)
Human Development Index
0.508
(172/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal S…
Total number of prisoners
16,366
i
10/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
76
i
10/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
233.8 %
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10/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
30
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
1.1 %
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25/07/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
7.7 %
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25/07/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
17.6 %
estimated percent…
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12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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