Arabie Saoudite

Capital city — Riyadh

Country population
36,408,820
i
2022
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
207
i
2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Absolute monarchy
Human Development Index
0.875
(40/193)
i
2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.8
i
2019
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
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
2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no

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Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

207

i

2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total number of prisoners

68,056

i

2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Interior

Total number of prison facilities

110

i

2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR