Acquitted
20,717
201
DEFINITION:
Total acquitted in criminal courts. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime , than actual prevalence.
SOURCE:
The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Ranked 5th. 102 times more than Kazakhstan
Ranked 39th.
Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint
3.85 %
11.33 %
DEFINITION:
Corruption measures the share of senior managers who ranked corruption as a major or very severe constraint.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 36th in 2005.
Ranked 24th in 2005. 194% more than Germany
Courts > % of managers surveyed lacking confidence in courts to uphold property rights
10.32 %
42.01 %
DEFINITION:
Lack confidence that courts uphold property rights is the share of senior managers who do not agree with the statement: I am confident that the judicial system will enforce my contractual and property rights in business disputes.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 39th in 2005.
Ranked 19th in 2005. 3 times more than Germany
Courts > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint
2.26 %
14.33 %
DEFINITION:
Courts measure the share of senior managers who ranked courts and dispute resolution systems as a major or very severe constraint.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 36th in 2005.
Ranked 18th in 2005. 5 times more than Germany
Jails
209
3
DEFINITION:
Total number of adult prisons, penal or correctional institutions (excluding temporary jail lock-ups). Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime , than actual prevalence.
SOURCE:
The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002)
(United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Ranked 7th. 69 times more than Kazakhstan
Ranked 58th.
Murders committed by youths
156
631
DEFINITION:
Homicide rates among youths aged 10–29 years by country or area: most recent year available (variable 1990–1999).
SOURCE:
World Health Organization: World report on violence and health , 2002
Ranked 25th.
Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Germany
Murders committed by youths per capita
0.8
11.5
DEFINITION:
Homicide rate per 100,000 population aged 10–29 years
SOURCE:
World Health Organization: World report on violence and health , 2002
Ranked 54th.
Ranked 12th. 13 times more than Germany
> % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint
1.92 %
6.67 %
DEFINITION:
Crime measures the share of senior managers who ranked crime, theft, and disorder as a major or very severe constraint.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 36th in 2005.
Ranked 23rd in 2005. 2 times more than Germany
Police
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: List of countries by size of police forces
Prisoners
74,904 prisoners
58,300 prisoners
DEFINITION:
Total persons incarcerated
SOURCE:
The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002)
(United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Ranked 6th. 28% more than Kazakhstan
Ranked 21st.
Prisoners > Female
5%
4.2%
DEFINITION:
Female prisoners , expressed as a percentage share of the total prison population . Data for 2003.
SOURCE:
International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Ranked 47th. 19% more than Kazakhstan
Ranked 64th.
Prisoners > Per capita
96.0 per 100,000 people
386.0 per 100,000 people
DEFINITION:
Data for 2003. Number of prisoners held per 100,000 population .
SOURCE:
International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Ranked 93rd.
Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Germany
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees
21.2%
15.1%
DEFINITION:
The percentage of the prison population that is being held pre-trial / on remand. Data for 2003.
SOURCE:
International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Ranked 102nd. 40% more than Kazakhstan
Ranked 122nd.
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled
100.5%
0%
DEFINITION:
The percentage of the offical prison capacity filled. This is obtained by comparing the number of prisoners in a nation to the offical capacity of the nation's prison system. Data for 2003.
SOURCE:
International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Ranked 91st.
Ranked 127th.
Robberies
65.2
88.9
DEFINITION:
Number of robberies recorded by police in that country per 100,000 population.
SOURCE:
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice , 2011
Ranked 30th in 2006.
Ranked 22nd in 2006. 36% more than Germany
Smuggling of migrants > Convictions
150
211
DEFINITION:
Number of people convicted for smuggling migrants by country.
SOURCE:
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice , 2011
Ranked 7th in 2006.
Ranked 4th in 2006. 41% more than Germany
Software piracy rate
27%
79%
DEFINITION:
The piracy rate is the total number of units of pirated software deployed in 2007 divided by the total units of software installed.
SOURCE:
Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study
Ranked 96th.
Ranked 29th. 193% more than Germany
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines
1
21.1
DEFINITION:
Average Unpaid Annual New York City Parking Violations per Diplomat, 11/1997 to 11/2002.
SOURCE:
Cultures of Corruption: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets
Ray Fisman Edward Miguel
Columbia University and NBER University of California, Berkeley and NBER 2006
Ranked 115th.
Ranked 33rd. 20 times more than Germany
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