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