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. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000
population.
| Rank |
Countries
 |
Amount
 |
|
# 1
|
Maldives: |
2.21996 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 2
|
Czech Republic: |
2.07646 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 3
|
Papua New Guinea: |
1.70857 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 4
|
Hong Kong: |
1.53544 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 5
|
Malaysia: |
1.09773 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 6
|
Montserrat: |
0.107055 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 7
|
Switzerland: |
0.0224329 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 8
|
Iceland: |
0.0168499 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 9
|
Dominica: |
0.0144867 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 10
|
Botswana: |
0.0121951 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 11
|
Denmark: |
0.0103093 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 12
|
Norway: |
0.0100152 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 13
|
Turkey: |
0.00801022 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 14
|
Mauritius: |
0.00731113 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 15
|
Chile: |
0.00700832 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 16
|
Suriname: |
0.00684706 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 17
|
Panama: |
0.0066879 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 18
|
Latvia: |
0.00655022 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 19
|
Canada: |
0.00646243 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 20
|
Portugal: |
0.00605716 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 21
|
Finland: |
0.0053609 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 22
|
United States: |
0.00526825 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 23
|
Estonia: |
0.00525131 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 24
|
Russia: |
0.0051527 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 25
|
South Africa: |
0.00496121 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 26
|
Australia: |
0.00487805 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 27
|
New Zealand: |
0.0047088 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 28
|
Zambia: |
0.0046173 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 29
|
Bulgaria: |
0.00442953 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 30
|
Mexico: |
0.00418067 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 31
|
Moldova: |
0.0040404 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 32
|
Italy: |
0.0039757 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 33
|
Colombia: |
0.00391116 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 34
|
Lithuania: |
0.00389213 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 35
|
United Kingdom: |
0.00387154 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 36
|
Azerbaijan: |
0.00379171 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 37
|
Georgia: |
0.00363481 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 38
|
Dominican Republic: |
0.00353591 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 39
|
Ireland: |
0.00348606 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 40
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
0.00342298 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 41
|
Slovakia: |
0.00331431 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 42
|
Zimbabwe: |
0.0032892 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 43
|
Slovenia: |
0.00298359 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 44
|
Hungary: |
0.00289797 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 45
|
Ukraine: |
0.00272358 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 46
|
Germany: |
0.00269316 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 47
|
Belarus: |
0.00262136 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 48
|
Jamaica: |
0.00255848 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 49
|
Netherlands: |
0.00243798 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 50
|
Thailand: |
0.00208768 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 51
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
0.00194326 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 52
|
Romania: |
0.00165696 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 53
|
Indonesia: |
0.00149603 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 54
|
Sri Lanka: |
0.0014453 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 55
|
Japan: |
0.00142838 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 56
|
Cyprus: |
0.00128183 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 57
|
Venezuela: |
0.00122167 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 58
|
Qatar: |
0.00115868 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 59
|
Saudi Arabia: |
0.00113559 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 60
|
Oman: |
0.000666223 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 61
|
Korea, South: |
0.000616764 per 1,000 people |
|
|
# 62
|
Kazakhstan: |
0.00019755 per 1,000 people |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
0.1 per 1,000 people |
|
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. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000
population.
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