Arabie Saoudite

Capital city — Riyadh

Country population
34,268,528
i
2019
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
-
Type of government
Absolute monarchy
Human Development Index
0.854
(40/188)
i
2019
/ UNDP
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.3
i
2018
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Interior
Total number of prisoners
68,056
i
2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
110
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
1.9 %
i
2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.9 %
i
2009
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
48.3 %
i
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

1.9 %

i

2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.9 %

i

2009

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

48.3 %

i

World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no