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
|
|
# 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 |
|
|
= 36
|
Norway: |
46 |
|
|
# 38
|
Egypt: |
43 |
|
|
# 39
|
Korea, South: |
42 |
|
|
= 40
|
Zimbabwe: |
40 |
|
|
= 40
|
Burma: |
40 |
|
|
# 42
|
Romania: |
39 |
|
|
# 43
|
Finland: |
37 |
|
|
# 44
|
Czech Republic: |
35 |
|
|
= 45
|
Belgium: |
33 |
|
|
= 45
|
Bulgaria: |
33 |
|
|
= 47
|
Dominican Republic: |
32 |
|
|
= 47
|
Ecuador: |
32 |
|
|
# 49
|
Hungary: |
31 |
|
|
# 50
|
Sri Lanka: |
29 |
|
|
# 51
|
Belarus: |
27 |
|
|
= 52
|
Croatia: |
21 |
|
|
= 52
|
Panama: |
21 |
|
|
= 52
|
El Salvador: |
21 |
|
|
# 55
|
Botswana: |
20 |
|
|
= 56
|
New Zealand: |
18 |
|
|
= 56
|
Moldova: |
18 |
|
|
= 56
|
Slovakia: |
18 |
|
|
# 59
|
Georgia: |
17 |
|
|
# 60
|
Ireland: |
14 |
|
|
# 61
|
Lithuania: |
13 |
|
|
# 62
|
Albania: |
11 |
|
|
= 63
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
10 |
|
|
= 63
|
Jordan: |
10 |
|
|
= 65
|
Mauritius: |
9 |
|
|
= 65
|
Maldives: |
9 |
|
|
= 67
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
7 |
|
|
= 67
|
Estonia: |
7 |
|
|
= 67
|
Jamaica: |
7 |
|
|
= 67
|
Philippines: |
7 |
|
|
# 71
|
Slovenia: |
6 |
|
|
# 72
|
Iceland: |
5 |
|
|
= 73
|
Kazakhstan: |
3 |
|
|
= 73
|
Suriname: |
3 |
|
|
# 75
|
Luxembourg: |
2 |
|
|
= 76
|
Malta: |
1 |
|
|
= 76
|
Dominica: |
1 |
|
|
= 76
|
Montserrat: |
1 |
|
|
= 76
|
Cyprus: |
1 |
|
|
= 76
|
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.