Ukraine

Capital city — Kiev

Country population
44,622,516
i
2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Semi-Presidential Republic
Human Development Index
0.75
(88/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
6.2
i
2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
55,566
This figure does…
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
147
i
02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
68 %
i
04/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
124
i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2012
Female prisoners
3.9 %
i
02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.3 %
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
34 %
i
02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2000

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

3.9 % (2,167)

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02/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.3 % (167)

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02/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

34 % (18,919)

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02/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2000