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.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 |
Malaysia: |
26,294 |
|
| #2 |
Hong Kong: |
10,593 |
|
| #3 |
Papua New Guinea: |
9,474 |
|
| #4 |
Latvia: |
8,110 |
|
| #5 |
Kuwait: |
2,566 |
|
| #6 |
United States: |
1,558 |
|
| #7 |
Oman: |
1,164 |
|
| #8 |
Russia: |
739 |
|
| #9 |
Turkey: |
504 |
|
| #10 |
Mexico: |
448 |
|
| #11 |
Indonesia: |
362 |
|
| #12 |
South Africa: |
228 |
|
| #13 |
Germany: |
209 |
|
| #14 |
Italy: |
205 |
|
| #15 |
Canada: |
198 |
|
| #16 |
Japan: |
181 |
|
| #17 |
Colombia: |
168 |
|
| #18 |
Argentina: |
166 |
|
| #19 |
Switzerland: |
163 |
|
| #20 |
Poland: |
156 |
|
| #21 |
Australia: |
153 |
|
| #22 |
United Kingdom: |
144 |
|
| #23 |
Thailand: |
134 |
|
| #24 |
Ukraine: |
128 |
|
| #25 |
Saudi Arabia: |
104 |
|
| #26 |
Chile: |
96 |
|
| #27 |
Sweden: |
82 |
|
| #28 |
Peru: |
81 |
|
| #29 |
Nepal: |
73 |
|
| #30 |
Netherlands: |
70 |
|
| #31 |
Denmark: |
56 |
|
| #32 |
Portugal: |
54 |
|
| #33 |
Zambia: |
52 |
|
| #34 |
Azerbaijan: |
51 |
|
| #35 |
Venezuela: |
48 |
|
| #36 |
Morocco: |
46 |
|
| #37 |
Norway: |
46 |
|
| #38 |
Egypt: |
43 |
|
| #39 |
Korea, South: |
42 |
|
| #40 |
Zimbabwe: |
40 |
|
| #41 |
Burma: |
40 |
|
| #42 |
Romania: |
39 |
|
| #43 |
Finland: |
37 |
|
| #44 |
Czech Republic: |
35 |
|
| #45 |
Belgium: |
33 |
|
| #46 |
Bulgaria: |
33 |
|
| #47 |
Dominican Republic: |
32 |
|
| #48 |
Ecuador: |
32 |
|
| #49 |
Hungary: |
31 |
|
| #50 |
Sri Lanka: |
29 |
|
| #51 |
Belarus: |
27 |
|
| #52 |
Croatia: |
21 |
|
| #53 |
Panama: |
21 |
|
| #54 |
El Salvador: |
21 |
|
| #55 |
Botswana: |
20 |
|
| #56 |
New Zealand: |
18 |
|
| #57 |
Moldova: |
18 |
|
| #58 |
Slovakia: |
18 |
|
| #59 |
Georgia: |
17 |
|
| #60 |
Ireland: |
14 |
|
| #61 |
Lithuania: |
13 |
|
| #62 |
Albania: |
11 |
|
| #63 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
10 |
|
| #64 |
Jordan: |
10 |
|
| #65 |
Mauritius: |
9 |
|
| #66 |
Maldives: |
9 |
|
| #67 |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
7 |
|
| #68 |
Estonia: |
7 |
|
| #69 |
Jamaica: |
7 |
|
| #70 |
Philippines: |
7 |
|
| #71 |
Slovenia: |
6 |
|
| #72 |
Iceland: |
5 |
|
| #73 |
Kazakhstan: |
3 |
|
| #74 |
Suriname: |
3 |
|
| #75 |
Luxembourg: |
2 |
|
| #76 |
Malta: |
1 |
|
| #77 |
Dominica: |
1 |
|
| #78 |
Montserrat: |
1 |
|
| #79 |
Cyprus: |
1 |
|
| #80 |
Qatar: |
1 |
|
| |
Total: |
65,679 |
| |
Weighted average: |
821.0 |
|
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.
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