Sweden

Capital city — Stockholm

Country population
10,230,185
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01/2019
/ Eurostat
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.937
(8/188)
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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
6,109
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 30
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
59.7
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 30
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
8.2
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2018
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 120
Prison density
93 %
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 72
Total number of prison facilities
79
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2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2005
Female prisoners
5.6 %
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 44
Incarcerated minors
0.3 %
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10/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
28.1 %
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 48
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1972
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

5.6 % (345)

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01/2019

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

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.3 %

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10/2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

28.1 % (1,716)

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01/2019

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

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1972

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