DEFINITION
The percentage of the prison
population that is being held pre-trial / on remand. Data for 2003.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 |
Paraguay: |
92.7% |
|
| #2 |
Haiti: |
83.5% |
|
| #3 |
Dominican Republic: |
79.8% |
|
| #4 |
Honduras: |
78.5% |
|
| #5 |
Andorra: |
77% |
|
| #6 |
Mozambique: |
72.9% |
|
| #7 |
Uruguay: |
72.5% |
|
| #8 |
India: |
70.4% |
|
| #9 |
Ecuador: |
69.9% |
|
| #10 |
Mali: |
67.2% |
|
| #11 |
Peru: |
67.2% |
|
| #12 |
Pakistan: |
66.1% |
|
| #13 |
Saudi Arabia: |
65.8% |
|
| #14 |
Uganda: |
65.7% |
|
| #15 |
Madagascar: |
65.4% |
|
| #16 |
Benin: |
64.5% |
|
| #17 |
Nigeria: |
63% |
|
| #18 |
Libya: |
62.6% |
|
| #19 |
Bangladesh: |
60.3% |
|
| #20 |
Nepal: |
59.8% |
|
| #21 |
Burundi: |
59.4% |
|
| #22 |
Angola: |
58.9% |
|
| #23 |
Sao Tome and Principe: |
58.5% |
|
| #24 |
Burkina Faso: |
58.3% |
|
| #25 |
Guatemala: |
58% |
|
| #26 |
Djibouti: |
57.2% |
|
| #27 |
Togo: |
55.4% |
|
| #28 |
Lebanon: |
55.2% |
|
| #29 |
Panama: |
55% |
|
| #30 |
Argentina: |
54% |
|
| #31 |
Venezuela: |
52.1% |
|
| #32 |
Sri Lanka: |
51.6% |
|
| #33 |
Guinea: |
51.3% |
|
| #34 |
Turkey: |
51% |
|
| #35 |
El Salvador: |
49.7% |
|
| #36 |
Swaziland: |
49.6% |
|
| #37 |
Cameroon: |
49.2% |
|
| #38 |
Tanzania: |
49% |
|
| #39 |
Albania: |
44.9% |
|
| #40 |
Luxembourg: |
43.6% |
|
| #41 |
Dominica: |
43.4% |
|
| #42 |
Switzerland: |
43% |
|
| #43 |
Jordan: |
41.8% |
|
| #44 |
Suriname: |
41.4% |
|
| #45 |
Colombia: |
41.1% |
|
| #46 |
Morocco: |
40.7% |
|
| #47 |
Chile: |
40.4% |
|
| #48 |
Indonesia: |
39.7% |
|
| #49 |
Costa Rica: |
39.5% |
|
| #50 |
Kenya: |
39.4% |
|
| #51 |
Liechtenstein: |
38.9% |
|
| #52 |
Georgia: |
38.7% |
|
| #53 |
Philippines: |
38.2% |
|
| #54 |
France: |
37.4% |
|
| #55 |
Italy: |
37% |
|
| #56 |
Belgium: |
36.7% |
|
| #57 |
Algeria: |
36.1% |
|
| #58 |
Bolivia: |
36% |
|
| #59 |
Latvia: |
35.9% |
|
| #60 |
Qatar: |
35.5% |
|
| #61 |
Lesotho: |
35.3% |
|
| #62 |
Papua New Guinea: |
35.2% |
|
| #63 |
Marshall Islands: |
34.8% |
|
| #64 |
Croatia: |
33.8% |
|
| #65 |
Slovakia: |
33.1% |
|
| #66 |
Malta: |
33.1% |
|
| #67 |
Senegal: |
33.1% |
|
| #68 |
Armenia: |
32.1% |
|
| #69 |
Netherlands: |
31.3% |
|
| #70 |
Solomon Islands: |
31.3% |
|
| #71 |
Nicaragua: |
30.8% |
|
| #72 |
Malaysia: |
30.7% |
|
| #73 |
Cambodia: |
30.5% |
|
| #74 |
Zimbabwe: |
29.6% |
|
| #75 |
Denmark: |
29.5% |
|
| #76 |
Bahrain: |
29.3% |
|
| #77 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
29.2% |
|
| #78 |
Greece: |
28.5% |
|
| #79 |
Saint Lucia: |
28.4% |
|
| #80 |
South Africa: |
28.3% |
|
| #81 |
Brazil: |
28.1% |
|
| #82 |
Guyana: |
27.7% |
|
| #83 |
Austria: |
26.8% |
|
| #84 |
Thailand: |
26.4% |
|
| #85 |
Portugal: |
25.8% |
|
| #86 |
Poland: |
25.6% |
|
| #87 |
Zambia: |
25.5% |
|
| #88 |
Slovenia: |
25.5% |
|
| #89 |
Iran: |
24.8% |
|
| #90 |
Ghana: |
24.5% |
|
| #91 |
Estonia: |
23.7% |
|
| #92 |
Malawi: |
23.5% |
|
| #93 |
Bahamas, The: |
22.7% |
|
| #94 |
Tunisia: |
22.7% |
|
| #95 |
Barbados: |
22.6% |
|
| #96 |
Chad: |
22.6% |
|
| #97 |
Hungary: |
22.4% |
|
| #98 |
Norway: |
22.1% |
|
| #99 |
Spain: |
21.9% |
|
| #100 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
21.5% |
|
| #101 |
Ukraine: |
21.4% |
|
| #102 |
Germany: |
21.2% |
|
| #103 |
Canada: |
21.1% |
|
| #104 |
Australia: |
21.1% |
|
| #105 |
Sweden: |
20.7% |
|
| #106 |
Mongolia: |
20% |
|
| #107 |
United States: |
20% |
|
| #108 |
Botswana: |
19.6% |
|
| #109 |
Romania: |
18.5% |
|
| #110 |
Bulgaria: |
18.5% |
|
| #111 |
Gambia, The: |
18.5% |
|
| #112 |
Czech Republic: |
18.3% |
|
| #113 |
New Zealand: |
18.3% |
|
| #114 |
Belarus: |
17.5% |
|
| #115 |
Japan: |
17.3% |
|
| #116 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
17.1% |
|
| #117 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: |
16.9% |
|
| #118 |
Russia: |
16.9% |
|
| #119 |
Lithuania: |
16.9% |
|
| #120 |
Israel: |
15.5% |
|
| #121 |
Grenada: |
15.2% |
|
| #122 |
Kazakhstan: |
15.1% |
|
| #123 |
Fiji: |
13.7% |
|
| #124 |
Cyprus: |
13.2% |
|
| #125 |
Finland: |
12.7% |
|
| #126 |
Belize: |
12.2% |
|
| #127 |
Singapore: |
11.8% |
|
| #128 |
Uzbekistan: |
11.5% |
|
| #129 |
Jamaica: |
11.4% |
|
| #130 |
Azerbaijan: |
10.8% |
|
| #131 |
Vanuatu: |
8.6% |
|
| #132 |
Iceland: |
7.1% |
|
| #133 |
Tonga: |
5.3% |
|
| #134 |
Namibia: |
5.2% |
|
| #135 |
Mexico: |
4.6% |
|
| #136 |
Mauritius: |
4% |
|
| #137 |
Rwanda: |
2.4% |
|
| #138 |
Kiribati: |
1.8% |
|
| #139 |
Seychelles: |
1.3% |
|
| #140 |
United Arab Emirates: |
0% |
|
| #141 |
Comoros: |
0% |
|
| #142 |
Sudan: |
0% |
|
| #143 |
Tajikistan: |
0% |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
34.3% |
|
DEFINITION: The percentage of the prison
population that is being held pre-trial / on remand. Data for 2003.
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