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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1     Thailand: 20.3% 
# 2     Bolivia: 16.7% 
# 3     Qatar: 11.8% 
# 4     Paraguay: 11.3% 
# 5     Costa Rica: 10.8% 
# 6     Singapore: 10.4% 
# 7     Argentina: 9.5% 
# 8     Malaysia: 9% 
# 9     United States: 8.5% 
# 10     Peru: 8.1% 
# 11     Spain: 7.8% 
= 12     Jamaica: 7.3% 
= 12     Andorra: 7.3% 
# 14     Portugal: 7.2% 
# 15     Nepal: 7.1% 
# 16     Panama: 6.9% 
= 17     Guatemala: 6.8% 
= 17     Netherlands: 6.8% 
# 19     Australia: 6.7% 
# 20     Saudi Arabia: 6.6% 
# 21     Belize: 6.4% 
= 22     Chile: 6.3% 
= 22     Mozambique: 6.3% 
# 24     Switzerland: 6.2% 
= 25     Luxembourg: 6.1% 
= 25     Belarus: 6.1% 
= 25     Colombia: 6.1% 
# 28     Hungary: 6% 
= 29     Suriname: 5.9% 
= 29     Ukraine: 5.9% 
= 31     Cyprus: 5.8% 
= 31     Russia: 5.8% 
= 33     Japan: 5.7% 
= 33     Venezuela: 5.7% 
= 33     Austria: 5.7% 
# 36     Finland: 5.6% 
= 37     Kiribati: 5.5% 
= 37     Vietnam: 5.5% 
= 39     Sweden: 5.4% 
= 39     Vanuatu: 5.4% 
= 41     Norway: 5.3% 
= 41     Latvia: 5.3% 
= 41     Cambodia: 5.3% 
# 44     Estonia: 5.2% 
= 45     Oman: 5% 
= 45     Germany: 5% 
= 45     Canada: 5% 
# 48     Greece: 4.9% 
# 49     El Salvador: 4.8% 
= 50     Romania: 4.7% 
= 50     Iceland: 4.7% 
= 50     Denmark: 4.7% 
= 53     New Zealand: 4.6% 
= 53     Swaziland: 4.6% 
= 55     Czech Republic: 4.5% 
= 55     Barbados: 4.5% 
= 57     Mexico: 4.4% 
= 57     Italy: 4.4% 
= 57     China: 4.4% 
= 57     Albania: 4.4% 
# 61     Uganda: 4.3% 
= 62     Papua New Guinea: 4.2% 
= 62     Kazakhstan: 4.2% 
= 62     Botswana: 4.2% 
= 65     Belgium: 4.1% 
= 65     Mauritius: 4.1% 
= 65     Mongolia: 4.1% 
= 65     Brazil: 4.1% 
= 65     Croatia: 4.1% 
# 70     Philippines: 4% 
= 71     Malta: 3.9% 
= 71     Lesotho: 3.9% 
# 73     France: 3.8% 
= 74     Indonesia: 3.7% 
= 74     Senegal: 3.7% 
= 74     Saint Lucia: 3.7% 
= 74     Turkey: 3.7% 
= 78     Kenya: 3.6% 
= 78     Slovenia: 3.6% 
= 78     Kyrgyzstan: 3.6% 
= 81     Zimbabwe: 3.5% 
= 81     Sri Lanka: 3.5% 
= 81     Benin: 3.5% 
= 81     Iran: 3.5% 
= 85     Angola: 3.3% 
= 85     Morocco: 3.3% 
= 87     Dominican Republic: 3.1% 
= 87     Trinidad and Tobago: 3.1% 
= 87     Guyana: 3.1% 
= 87     Madagascar: 3.1% 
= 87     Bulgaria: 3.1% 
= 92     Lithuania: 3% 
= 92     India: 3% 
= 92     Grenada: 3% 
# 95     Libya: 2.9% 
# 96     Bangladesh: 2.8% 
= 97     Poland: 2.7% 
= 97     Lebanon: 2.7% 
= 99     Rwanda: 2.6% 
= 99     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 2.6% 
= 101     Slovakia: 2.5% 
= 101     Burundi: 2.5% 
# 103     Chad: 2.4% 
= 104     Sao Tome and Principe: 2.3% 
= 104     Togo: 2.3% 
= 106     Armenia: 2.2% 
= 106     South Africa: 2.2% 
# 108     Dominica: 2.1% 
= 109     Honduras: 2% 
= 109     Mali: 2% 
= 109     Ghana: 2% 
= 109     Guinea: 2% 
# 113     Nigeria: 1.9% 
= 114     Namibia: 1.8% 
= 114     Algeria: 1.8% 
= 114     Bahamas, The: 1.8% 
= 114     Tonga: 1.8% 
= 118     Azerbaijan: 1.7% 
= 118     Israel: 1.7% 
= 118     Georgia: 1.7% 
= 118     Pakistan: 1.7% 
# 122     Jordan: 1.6% 
= 123     Fiji: 1.5% 
= 123     Zambia: 1.5% 
= 125     Gambia, The: 1.2% 
= 125     Malawi: 1.2% 
# 127     Burkina Faso: 1% 
= 128     Tanzania: 0.9% 
= 128     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 0.9% 
# 130     Solomon Islands: 0.7% 
= 131     Sudan: 0% 
= 131     Liechtenstein: 0% 
= 131     Seychelles: 0% 
= 131     Tuvalu: 0% 
Weighted average: 4.4%  


DEFINITION: Female prisoners, expressed as a percentage share of the total prison population. Data for 2003.

SOURCE: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief

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"Prisoners > Female by country", International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/cri_pri_fem-crime-prisoners-female&int=-1

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Amy+Becker
24th August 2010 		Bryan What is wrong with Kathy's perspective ?

I find her comments to be right on target in every area and since almost 90% of all violent crime is by males, she is right, look for someone with testicles to find out who did it. I too am glad I do not have them and if I woke up suddenly to find I did, I would cut those things off.
Kathy
20th August 2010 		@ male "males are innocent its only because of female that we male put over self into crime."

Regardless of the reason, if you want to find the perpetrator of a crime, especially a violent crime, start by looking for someone with testicles as testicles do seem to make one prone to violence. I am glad I do not have them.
Bryan
3rd August 2010 		My previous comment must have been too "high brow". It would have been nice to see a perspective other than Kathy's.
male
29th July 2010 		Kathy @ wrong

males are innocent its only because of female that we male put over self into crime.
Kathy
15th April 2010 		Since the highest percentage of women in prison is only 20.3%, it shows that crime is almost always a MALE activity. (90 nations have less than 5% and only 6 have more than 10%) I do wonder how many of the women in prison are there because they were protecting themselves from male aggression or having males set them up. If this numbers were separated and we could see the number of women in prison for violent crimes, I am sure it would be almost ALL male. It is hard to imagine why most everyone cannot see that women are morally superior to males and in reality, when we look at the overall picture with health, education and other things, that women are by far superior to males in almost every area!
Ian Graham
Staff Editor
3rd March 2005 		Shortly after 12:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 5, 2005, prisoner No. 55170-054 – better known as Martha Stewart – is due to be released from a prison in Alderson, West Virginia. Stewart was convicted in 2004 of lying to U.S. government investigators about a personal stock sale she made in 2001. She served a five-month prison sentence and will spend the next five months under house arrest wearing an electronic ankle bracelet. Then it’s two years of probation.

In 2003, 8.5 percent of prisoners in the United States were women. The total prison population that year was 2,078,570, so that means there were about 176,000 female inmates.

In 1999, 2,481,808 women were prosecuted for crimes in the United States, out of a total of 14,203,822. That’s about 17 percent.

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