Azerbaijan

Capital city — Baku

Country population
10,024,283
i
2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Parliamentary republic
Human Development Index
0.756
88/188
i
2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2
i
2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
21,008
i
15/04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
208.1
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
Data not disclosed
i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.
Prison density
83 %
i
15/04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
53
i
2006
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2009
Female prisoners
2.7 %
i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.3 %
i
31/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
16 %
i
31/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1998

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Introduction

Country population

10,024,283

i

2020

Type of government

Parliamentary republic

Human Development Index

0.756

88/188

i

2020

/ UNDP, Human Development Report

Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

2

i

2020

/ UNDP, Human Development Report