Mozambique

Capital city — Maputo

Country population
29,495,662
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2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Semi-President…
Human Development Index
0.446
(180/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.5
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2016
/ WHO, World Health Organization
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
19,832
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
63
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
222 %
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12/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
139
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2013
Female prisoners
2.9 %
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12/2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
8.6 %
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12/2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
33.1 %
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07/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1990
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PdM

+

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

2.9 %

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12/2015

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

8.6 %

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12/2015

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

33.1 %

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07/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1990

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