Côte d'Ivoire

Capital city — Yamoussoukro

Country population
25,716,544
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2019
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
82
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Presidential Republic
Human Development Index
0.538
(162/188)
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2019
/ 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
21,186
i
01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
268 %
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08/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
34
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01/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
2.4 %
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2.4 %
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
30.7 %
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08/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2000
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Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

82

i

01/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total number of prisoners

21,186

i

01/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

268 %

i

08/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

34

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01/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR