Venezuela

Capital city — Caracas

Country population
28,838,499
i
2023
/ World Bank
Type of government
Federal Constitutional Republic (Presid…
Human Development Index
0.699
(119/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
12.61
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2022
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Popular Power for Internal…
Total number of prisoners
67,200
32,200 in prisons…
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03/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
199
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03/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
163.8 %
occupancy level o…
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2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
41
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2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
7.8 %
of people in pris…
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03/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0 %
Minors in custody…
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World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
62.5 %
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1863
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