Swaziland

Capital city — Mbabane

Country population
1,201,670
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2022
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.61
(142/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
12.66
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2021
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Constitutional…
Total number of prisoners
3,405
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09/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
243
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09/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
120 %
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09/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
12
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
2.9 %
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21/03/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.7 %
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21/03/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
24.5 %
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09/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

2.9 %

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21/03/2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.7 %

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21/03/2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

24.5 % (834)

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09/2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no

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