Convicted (per capita) by country. Definition, graph and map.

SOURCE
Seventh United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems, covering the period 1998 - 2000 (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)

DEFINITION
Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.

Crime Statistics > Convicted (per capita) (most recent) by country

Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

Cyprus:

94.7056 per 1,000 people

# 2

Egypt:

46.1385 per 1,000 people

# 3

Finland:

33.1495 per 1,000 people

# 4

New Zealand:

23.7259 per 1,000 people

# 5

United Kingdom:

23.1345 per 1,000 people

# 6

Montserrat:

17.8782 per 1,000 people

# 7

France:

17.6331 per 1,000 people

# 8

Chile:

14.1826 per 1,000 people

# 9

Turkey:

13.9551 per 1,000 people

# 10

Hungary:

9.51464 per 1,000 people

# 11

Switzerland:

9.39177 per 1,000 people

# 12

Canada:

9.02033 per 1,000 people

# 13

Russia:

8.2529 per 1,000 people

# 14

Iceland:

8.17559 per 1,000 people

# 15

Estonia:

7.69767 per 1,000 people

# 16

Thailand:

7.30664 per 1,000 people

# 17

Dominica:

7.1709 per 1,000 people

# 18

Spain:

6.88126 per 1,000 people

# 19

Germany:

6.61698 per 1,000 people

# 20

Czech Republic:

6.17235 per 1,000 people

# 21

Netherlands:

6.13537 per 1,000 people

# 22

Lithuania:

5.74924 per 1,000 people

# 23

Zimbabwe:

5.61426 per 1,000 people

# 24

Belarus:

5.54116 per 1,000 people

# 25

Latvia:

5.54105 per 1,000 people

# 26

Italy:

5.30609 per 1,000 people

# 27

Syria:

5.26538 per 1,000 people

# 28

Kazakhstan:

5.13526 per 1,000 people

# 29

Portugal:

5.08064 per 1,000 people

# 30

Ukraine:

4.91314 per 1,000 people

# 31

Qatar:

4.18284 per 1,000 people

# 32

Slovakia:

4.11766 per 1,000 people

# 33

Bulgaria:

4.08121 per 1,000 people

# 34

Romania:

4.00461 per 1,000 people

# 35

Kyrgyzstan:

3.91916 per 1,000 people

# 36

Croatia:

3.83741 per 1,000 people

# 37

Korea, South:

3.60484 per 1,000 people

# 38

Moldova:

3.58429 per 1,000 people

# 39

Slovenia:

3.42864 per 1,000 people

# 40

Hong Kong:

3.23945 per 1,000 people

# 41

Norway:

2.34749 per 1,000 people

# 42

Malaysia:

2.14725 per 1,000 people

# 43

Colombia:

1.98305 per 1,000 people

# 44

Azerbaijan:

1.84593 per 1,000 people

# 45

Georgia:

1.77122 per 1,000 people

# 46

Uruguay:

1.4274 per 1,000 people

# 47

Panama:

1.28312 per 1,000 people

# 48

Mexico:

1.15422 per 1,000 people

# 49

Albania:

1.14791 per 1,000 people

# 50

Costa Rica:

0.748257 per 1,000 people

# 51

Japan:

0.609173 per 1,000 people

# 52

India:

0.559629 per 1,000 people

# 53

Indonesia:

0.478213 per 1,000 people

# 54

Dominican Republic:

0.380331 per 1,000 people

# 55

Zambia:

0.172882 per 1,000 people

# 56

Papua New Guinea:

0.159603 per 1,000 people

Weighted average:

8.6 per 1,000 people

DEFINITION: Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.

SOURCE: Seventh United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems, covering the period 1998 - 2000 (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)

Crime Statistics > Convicted (per capita) (most recent) by country

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