Malawi

Capital city — Lilongwe

Country population
19,129,955
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2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential)
Human Development Index
0.483
(174/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.7
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal S…
Total number of prisoners
14,500
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12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
71
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12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
207 %
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12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
30
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
1.1 %
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07/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
7.7 %
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07/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
17.6 %
estimated percent…
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12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2021
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PdM

+

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

1.1 %

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07/2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

7.7 %

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07/2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

17.6 % (2,550)

estimated percentage

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12/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2021

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