Benin

Capital city — Porto-Novo

Country population
13,352,864
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2022
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
138
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12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Presidential republic
Human Development Index
0.504
(173/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
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2024
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice, Legislation and Hu…
Total number of prisoners
18,170
via Amnesty Inter…
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12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
213.5 %
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12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
11
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
3.3 %
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14/12/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.7 %
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14/12/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
55 %
estimated percent…
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12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2012
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

3.3 % (471)

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14/12/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

1.7 %

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14/12/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

55 % (9,994)

estimated percentage

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12/2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2012

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