Zambia

Capital city — Lusaka

Country population
17,861,030
i
2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential)
Human Development Index
0.584
(146/188)
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
5.4
i
2015
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of prisoners
22,823
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
123
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
248 %
i
10/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
90
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
3 %
i
2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2.5 %
i
09/2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
28 %
i
05/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2022
i
2022
/ PdM

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

3 %

i

2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

2.5 %

i

09/2013

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

28 %

i

05/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no, but abolitionist in practice

i

yes, since 2022

Updated on: 9/27/23

i

2022

/ PdM