Nepal

Capital city — Kathmandu

Country population
29,136,808
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2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.602
(142/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.3
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2016
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of prisoners
25,758
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
85
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
154 %
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11/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
74
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
5.4 %
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
3 %
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11/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICP
Percentage of untried prisoners
54 %
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1997
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

5.4 %

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2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

3 %

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11/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICP

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

54 %

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2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1997

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