Crime in Benin Profile

FACTOID # 15: Women make up more than 10% of the prison population in only six countries: Thailand, , Qatar, Paraguay, Costa Rica, and Singapore.

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> % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	47.21 %		[1st of 38]
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Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	81.73 %		[1st of 39]
DEFINITION: Corruption measures the share of senior managers who ranked corruption as a major or very severe constraint.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Courts > % of managers surveyed lacking confidence in courts to uphold property rights	65.28 %		[1st of 39]
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.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Courts > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	48.73 %		[1st of 39]
DEFINITION: Courts measure the share of senior managers who ranked courts and dispute resolution systems as a major or very severe constraint.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Prisoners	4,961 prisoners		[92nd of 168]
DEFINITION: Total persons incarcerated
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Prisoners > Female	3.5%		[81st of 134]
DEFINITION: Female prisoners, expressed as a percentage share of the total prison population. Data for 2003.
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)
Prisoners > Per capita	81 per 100,000 people		[104th of 164]
DEFINITION: Data for 2003. Number of prisoners held per 100,000 population.
SOURCE: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees	64.5%		[16th of 143]
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
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines	49.8		[17th of 143]
DEFINITION: Average Unpaid Annual New York City Parking Violations per Diplomat, 11/1997 to 11/2002.
SOURCE: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief