Ethiopia

Capital city —

Country population
117,190,911
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2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.485
(173/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
7.8
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2016
/ WHO, World Health Organization
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Federal Affairs
Total number of prisoners
110,000
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03/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
99
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03/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
Data not disclosed
Total number of prison facilities
126
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2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
4.2 %
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2013-2014 / World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
Data not disclosed
Percentage of untried prisoners
14.9 %
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2011-2012/World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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PdM

+

Panorama Seen in the press

2021

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

4.2 %

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2013-2014 / World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

Data not disclosed

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

14.9 %

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2011-2012/World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no

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