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Guatemala

Capital city — Guatemala City

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Panorama

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

17,357,886

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2022
/ World Bank

Type of government

Unitary Republic

Human Development Index

0.629

(136/193)

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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report

Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

19.99

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2021
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime