Afghanistan

Capital city — Kaboul

Country population
41,128,771
i
2022
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
45
i
01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Human Development Index
0.462
(182/193)
i
2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
4.02
i
2021
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior and Ministry o…
Total number of prisoners
19,000
via US State Depa…
i
01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
179.9 %
i
31/10/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
251
i
2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
4.2 %
via US State Depa…
i
01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
4 %
i
01/2007
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
31.3 %
i
2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

4.2 % (800)

via US State Department human rights report

i

01/2024

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

4 %

i

01/2007

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

31.3 % (8,297)

i

2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no