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Crime Statistics > Prisoners > Foreign prisoners (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Andorra: 83.6% 
#2   Switzerland: 70.8% 
#3   Gambia, The: 66.7% 
#4   Luxembourg: 63.9% 
#5   Qatar: 55.6% 
#6   Saudi Arabia: 50.9% 
#7   Botswana: 47% 
#8   Cyprus: 42.9% 
#9   Greece: 42.4% 
#10   Belgium: 40.9% 
#11   Malaysia: 39.6% 
#12   Netherlands: 36.4% 
#13   Lebanon: 36.1% 
#14   Estonia: 35.8% 
#15   Liechtenstein: 35.3% 
#16   Malta: 35% 
#17   Austria: 33% 
#18   Italy: 30.1% 
#19   Germany: 29.9% 
#20   Libya: 27.2% 
#21   Sweden: 27.2% 
#22   Spain: 25.4% 
#23   Israel: 24.9% 
#24   Jordan: 22.1% 
#25   France: 21.4% 
#26   Oman: 20.3% 
#27   Singapore: 19.9% 
#28   Suriname: 19.3% 
#29   Denmark: 16.3% 
#30   Slovenia: 15.3% 
#31   Norway: 15% 
#32   Barbados: 14.3% 
#33   Portugal: 12% 
#34   Croatia: 11.8% 
#35   Czech Republic: 9.4% 
#36   Iceland: 9.3% 
#37   Panama: 9.1% 
#38   Costa Rica: 8.7% 
#39   Finland: 7.9% 
#40   Senegal: 7.5% 
#41   Lesotho: 6.6% 
#42   Japan: 6.5% 
#43   Namibia: 5.5% 
#44   Dominican Republic: 5.2% 
#45   New Zealand: 5.2% 
#46   Zimbabwe: 4.8% 
#47   Hungary: 4.4% 
#48   Jamaica: 4% 
#49   Mauritius: 3.4% 
#50   Uganda: 2.9% 
#51   Chile: 2.9% 
#52   Thailand: 2.9% 
#53   Belarus: 2.6% 
#54   Slovakia: 2.3% 
#55   South Africa: 2.1% 
#56   Bulgaria: 2% 
#57   Tonga: 1.8% 
#58   Russia: 1.7% 
#59   Turkey: 1.7% 
#60   Lithuania: 1.6% 
#61   Ukraine: 1.6% 
#62   Poland: 1.5% 
#63   Azerbaijan: 1.4% 
#64   Georgia: 1.4% 
#65   Swaziland: 1.4% 
#66   Kyrgyzstan: 1.3% 
#67   Algeria: 1.3% 
#68   Chad: 1.3% 
#69   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 1.3% 
#70   Mexico: 0.9% 
#71   Sao Tome and Principe: 0.8% 
#72   Romania: 0.7% 
#73   Guyana: 0.6% 
#74   Colombia: 0.6% 
#75   Latvia: 0.6% 
#76   Philippines: 0.6% 
#77   Indonesia: 0.5% 
#78   United States: 0.5% 
#79   Albania: 0.4% 
#80   Brazil: 0.4% 
#81   Rwanda: 0.3% 
#82   Tanzania: 0.2% 
#83   Armenia: 0.1% 
#84   China: 0.03% 
#85   Papua New Guinea: 0% 
#86   Sudan: 0% 
Weighted average: 15.2%  


DEFINITION: Prisoners who are foreign nationals, expressed as a percentage share of total prison population. Data for 2003.

SOURCE: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief

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