Guinea-Bissau

Capital city — Bissau

Country population
1,874,309
i
2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.461
(178/188)
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.1
i
2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
196
i
02/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
10
i
02/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
102 %
This occupation r…
i
2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
3
i
2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
2.6 %
i
02/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2.6 %
i
02/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
67.9 %
i
02/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1993
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PdM

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Introduction

Country population

1,874,309

i

2018

Type of government

Unitary Republic

Human Development Index

0.461

(178/188)

i

2018

/ UNDP, Human Development Report

Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

1.1

i

2017

/ UNDP, Human Development Report