Costa Rica

Capital city — San José

Country population
5,180,829
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2022
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
343
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12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Presidential Republic
Human Development Index
0.806
(64/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
12.82
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2022
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Peace
Total number of prisoners
17,829
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31/12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
120.4 %
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31/08/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
32
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2009
Female prisoners
4.8 %
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31/12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.2 %
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31/08/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
16 %
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31/12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1877
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

4.8 % (852)

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31/12/2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.2 %

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31/08/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

16 % (2,844)

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31/12/2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1877

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