Hungary

Capital city — Budapest

Country population
9,772,756
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2019
/ Eurostat
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.845
(43/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.5
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of prisoners
16,334
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
167
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
10.7
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2018
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 119
Prison density
110 %
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
33
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2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2015
Female prisoners
7.7 %
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.1 %
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
16.6 %
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1990
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

7.7 % (1,258)

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12/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

1.1 % (180)

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12/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

16.6 % (2,709)

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12/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1990

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