Zimbabwe

Capital city — Harare

Country population
14,645,468
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential)
Human Development Index
0.571
(150/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliame…
Total number of prisoners
20,407
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03/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
115
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03/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
120 %
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03/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
72
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
2.4 %
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.6 %
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
18.6 %
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

2.4 %

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2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.6 %

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2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

18.6 %

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2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no

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