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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
Total number of police Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Crime Statistics > Police (per capita) (most recent) by country
Showing latest available data.
| Rank |
Countries
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Amount
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# 1
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Montserrat: |
7.81501 per 1,000 people |
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# 2
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Mauritius: |
7.28432 per 1,000 people |
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# 3
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Dominica: |
6.40311 per 1,000 people |
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# 4
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Italy: |
5.55565 per 1,000 people |
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# 5
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Hong Kong: |
4.79374 per 1,000 people |
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# 6
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Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
4.7868 per 1,000 people |
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# 7
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Portugal: |
4.64878 per 1,000 people |
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# 8
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Kazakhstan: |
4.54998 per 1,000 people |
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# 9
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Latvia: |
4.51878 per 1,000 people |
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# 10
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Czech Republic: |
4.47613 per 1,000 people |
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# 11
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Slovakia: |
3.72086 per 1,000 people |
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# 12
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Lithuania: |
3.53934 per 1,000 people |
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# 13
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Malaysia: |
3.43936 per 1,000 people |
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# 14
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Thailand: |
3.35665 per 1,000 people |
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# 15
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Kyrgyzstan: |
3.25049 per 1,000 people |
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# 16
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Slovenia: |
3.14023 per 1,000 people |
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# 17
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Moldova: |
3.01481 per 1,000 people |
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# 18
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Germany: |
2.91153 per 1,000 people |
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# 19
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Ireland: |
2.8989 per 1,000 people |
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# 20
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Hungary: |
2.88528 per 1,000 people |
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# 21
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Spain: |
2.86696 per 1,000 people |
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# 22
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South Africa: |
2.7668 per 1,000 people |
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# 23
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Estonia: |
2.72543 per 1,000 people |
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# 24
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Poland: |
2.61367 per 1,000 people |
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# 25
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Jamaica: |
2.57054 per 1,000 people |
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# 26
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Georgia: |
2.46034 per 1,000 people |
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# 27
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Norway: |
2.42412 per 1,000 people |
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# 28
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Turkey: |
2.38057 per 1,000 people |
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# 29
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Iceland: |
2.24441 per 1,000 people |
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# 30
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Romania: |
2.18728 per 1,000 people |
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# 31
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Colombia: |
2.12215 per 1,000 people |
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# 32
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Australia: |
2.09293 per 1,000 people |
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# 33
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France: |
2.049 per 1,000 people |
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# 34
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United Kingdom: |
2.04871 per 1,000 people |
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# 35
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Switzerland: |
1.93617 per 1,000 people |
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# 36
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Netherlands: |
1.92448 per 1,000 people |
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# 37
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Denmark: |
1.91716 per 1,000 people |
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# 38
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Chile: |
1.85583 per 1,000 people |
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# 39
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Korea, South: |
1.85461 per 1,000 people |
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# 40
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Japan: |
1.81103 per 1,000 people |
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# 41
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Sri Lanka: |
1.72484 per 1,000 people |
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# 42
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Canada: |
1.70767 per 1,000 people |
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# 43
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Zimbabwe: |
1.68859 per 1,000 people |
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# 44
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Finland: |
1.56347 per 1,000 people |
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# 45
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Zambia: |
1.13674 per 1,000 people |
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# 46
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Papua New Guinea: |
0.985032 per 1,000 people |
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# 47
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India: |
0.956207 per 1,000 people |
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# 48
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Costa Rica: |
0.370767 per 1,000 people |
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Weighted average: |
3.0 per 1,000 people |
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DEFINITION: Total number of police 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)
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