Nepal

Capital city — Kathmandu

Country population
30,547,580
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2022
/ World Bank
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.601
(146/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.1
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2020
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of prisoners
27,550
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2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
90
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2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
153.7 %
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11/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
74
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
5.4 %
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2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
3.3 %
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08/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICP
Percentage of untried prisoners
53 %
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2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1997
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