Guatemala

Capital city — Guatemala City

Country population
16,604,026
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.663
(127/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
22.5
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Government
Total number of prisoners
25,298
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02/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
139
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02/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
372 %
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10/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
21
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2010
Female prisoners
11.1 %
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02/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
4.6 %
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08/2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
49.4 %
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02/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2017
for common law cr…
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

11.1 % (2,820)

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02/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

4.6 %

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08/2013

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

49.4 % (12,496)

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02/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2017

for common law crimes

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