Burkina Faso

Capital city — Ouagadougou

Country population
20,321,378
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2019
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
37
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04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.452
(182/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.3
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
7,621
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04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
157 %
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
27
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
non
Female prisoners
2 %
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.2 %
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
40.5 %
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2018
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

2 %

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12/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

1.2 %

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12/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

40.5 %

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12/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2018

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