Serbia

Capital city — Belgrade

Country population
6,982,084
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2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional republic (Parliamentary)
Human Development Index
0.799
(63/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.1
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
10,852
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01/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
156
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01/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
6.2
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2018
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 120
Prison density
105 %
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01/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
30
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2011
Female prisoners
4.1 %
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 44
Incarcerated minors
1 %
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09/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
15.6 %
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 48
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2002
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Special populations

Female prisoners

4.1 % (443)

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01/2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 44

Incarcerated minors

1 %

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09/2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried prisoners

15.6 % (1,691)

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01/2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 48

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2002

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