Burkina Faso

Capital city — Ouagadougou

Country population
22,673,762
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2022
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
39
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12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.438
(185/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
8,800
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31/12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
168.3 %
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31/12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
27
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2022
Female prisoners
1.8 %
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31/12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2.3 %
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31/12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
29.9 %
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31/12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2018
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Special populations

Female prisoners

1.8 % (160)

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31/12/2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

2.3 %

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31/12/2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried prisoners

29.9 % (2,635)

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31/12/2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2018

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