Côte d'Ivoire

Capital city — Yamoussoukro

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
94
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05/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Country population
28,873,034
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2023
/ World Bank
Type of government
Presidential Republic
Human Development Index
0.534
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2022
/ PNUD, Rapport sur le développement humain
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Human Rights
Total number of prisoners
27,149
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05/2024
/ "Rapport alternatif de l’ACAT Côte d’Ivoire, la FIACAT, La Balle aux prisonniers (LaBap) et Prisonniers Sans Frontières (PrSF) à l’occasion de l’examen de la Côte d’Ivoire par le Comité contre la torture lors de sa 80ème session”, July 2024, p. 11 (in French).
Prison density
297.07 %
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05/2024
/ "Rapport alternatif de l’ACAT Côte d’Ivoire, la FIACAT, La Balle aux prisonniers (LaBap) et Prisonniers Sans Frontières (PrSF) à l’occasion de l’examen de la Côte d’Ivoire par le Comité contre la torture lors de sa 80ème session”, juillet 2024, pp. 11-12 (in French).
Total number of prison facilities
34
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2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
2.5 %
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31/12/2022
/ ACAT Côte d’Ivoire, la FIACAT, La Balle aux prisonniers (LaBap) and Prisonniers Sans Frontières (PrSF), “Annexe II - Population carcérale au 31 Décembre 2022”, 2022 (in French).
Incarcerated minors
3.7 %
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31/12/2022
/ ACAT Côte d’Ivoire, la FIACAT, La Balle aux prisonniers (LaBap) and Prisonniers Sans Frontières (PrSF), “Annexe II - Population carcérale au 31 Décembre 2022”, 2022 (in French).
Percentage of untried prisoners
36.2 %
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05/2024
/ "Rapport alternatif de l’ACAT Côte d’Ivoire, la FIACAT, La Balle aux prisonniers (LaBap) et Prisonniers Sans Frontières (PrSF) à l’occasion de l’examen de la Côte d’Ivoire par le Comité contre la torture lors de sa 80ème session”, July 2024, p. 11 (in French).
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2000
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Introduction

Prison Insider reports on the key data and figures available for this country in 2024. This information is collected from the World Prison Brief database, the Council of Europe’s annual penal statistics (SPACE) and prison administration reports. The information on prisons in this country still requires further developing.

Country population

28,873,034

2023

/ World Bank

Type of government

Presidential Republic

Human Development Index

0.534

2022

/ PNUD, Rapport sur le développement humain

Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

Data not disclosed

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

Country population

Type of government

Human Development Index

Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

Name of authority in charge of the pris…

Total number of prisoners

Prison density

Total number of prison facilities

An NPM has been established

Female prisoners

Incarcerated minors

Percentage of untried prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

Introduction

Country population

Type of government

Human Development Index

Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)