DEFINITION
The percentage of the prison
population that is being held pre-trial / on remand. Data for 2003.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
|
|
# 1
|
Paraguay: |
92.7% |
|
|
# 2
|
Haiti: |
83.5% |
|
|
# 3
|
Dominican Republic: |
79.8% |
|
|
# 4
|
Honduras: |
78.5% |
|
|
# 5
|
Andorra: |
77% |
|
|
# 6
|
Mozambique: |
72.9% |
|
|
# 7
|
Uruguay: |
72.5% |
|
|
# 8
|
India: |
70.4% |
|
|
# 9
|
Ecuador: |
69.9% |
|
|
= 10
|
Mali: |
67.2% |
|
|
= 10
|
Peru: |
67.2% |
|
|
# 12
|
Pakistan: |
66.1% |
|
|
# 13
|
Saudi Arabia: |
65.8% |
|
|
# 14
|
Uganda: |
65.7% |
|
|
# 15
|
Madagascar: |
65.4% |
|
|
# 16
|
Benin: |
64.5% |
|
|
# 17
|
Nigeria: |
63% |
|
|
# 18
|
Libya: |
62.6% |
|
|
# 19
|
Bangladesh: |
60.3% |
|
|
# 20
|
Nepal: |
59.8% |
|
|
# 21
|
Burundi: |
59.4% |
|
|
# 22
|
Angola: |
58.9% |
|
|
# 23
|
Sao Tome and Principe: |
58.5% |
|
|
# 24
|
Burkina Faso: |
58.3% |
|
|
# 25
|
Guatemala: |
58% |
|
|
# 26
|
Djibouti: |
57.2% |
|
|
# 27
|
Togo: |
55.4% |
|
|
# 28
|
Lebanon: |
55.2% |
|
|
# 29
|
Panama: |
55% |
|
|
# 30
|
Argentina: |
54% |
|
|
# 31
|
Venezuela: |
52.1% |
|
|
# 32
|
Sri Lanka: |
51.6% |
|
|
# 33
|
Guinea: |
51.3% |
|
|
# 34
|
Turkey: |
51% |
|
|
# 35
|
El Salvador: |
49.7% |
|
|
# 36
|
Swaziland: |
49.6% |
|
|
# 37
|
Cameroon: |
49.2% |
|
|
# 38
|
Tanzania: |
49% |
|
|
# 39
|
Albania: |
44.9% |
|
|
# 40
|
Luxembourg: |
43.6% |
|
|
# 41
|
Dominica: |
43.4% |
|
|
# 42
|
Switzerland: |
43% |
|
|
# 43
|
Jordan: |
41.8% |
|
|
# 44
|
Suriname: |
41.4% |
|
|
# 45
|
Colombia: |
41.1% |
|
|
# 46
|
Morocco: |
40.7% |
|
|
# 47
|
Chile: |
40.4% |
|
|
# 48
|
Indonesia: |
39.7% |
|
|
# 49
|
Costa Rica: |
39.5% |
|
|
# 50
|
Kenya: |
39.4% |
|
|
# 51
|
Liechtenstein: |
38.9% |
|
|
# 52
|
Georgia: |
38.7% |
|
|
# 53
|
Philippines: |
38.2% |
|
|
# 54
|
France: |
37.4% |
|
|
# 55
|
Italy: |
37% |
|
|
# 56
|
Belgium: |
36.7% |
|
|
# 57
|
Algeria: |
36.1% |
|
|
# 58
|
Bolivia: |
36% |
|
|
# 59
|
Latvia: |
35.9% |
|
|
# 60
|
Qatar: |
35.5% |
|
|
# 61
|
Lesotho: |
35.3% |
|
|
# 62
|
Papua New Guinea: |
35.2% |
|
|
# 63
|
Marshall Islands: |
34.8% |
|
|
# 64
|
Croatia: |
33.8% |
|
|
= 65
|
Slovakia: |
33.1% |
|
|
= 65
|
Malta: |
33.1% |
|
|
= 65
|
Senegal: |
33.1% |
|
|
# 68
|
Armenia: |
32.1% |
|
|
= 69
|
Netherlands: |
31.3% |
|
|
= 69
|
Solomon Islands: |
31.3% |
|
|
# 71
|
Nicaragua: |
30.8% |
|
|
# 72
|
Malaysia: |
30.7% |
|
|
# 73
|
Cambodia: |
30.5% |
|
|
# 74
|
Zimbabwe: |
29.6% |
|
|
# 75
|
Denmark: |
29.5% |
|
|
# 76
|
Bahrain: |
29.3% |
|
|
# 77
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
29.2% |
|
|
# 78
|
Greece: |
28.5% |
|
|
# 79
|
Saint Lucia: |
28.4% |
|
|
# 80
|
South Africa: |
28.3% |
|
|
# 81
|
Brazil: |
28.1% |
|
|
# 82
|
Guyana: |
27.7% |
|
|
# 83
|
Austria: |
26.8% |
|
|
# 84
|
Thailand: |
26.4% |
|
|
# 85
|
Portugal: |
25.8% |
|
|
# 86
|
Poland: |
25.6% |
|
|
= 87
|
Zambia: |
25.5% |
|
|
= 87
|
Slovenia: |
25.5% |
|
|
# 89
|
Iran: |
24.8% |
|
|
# 90
|
Ghana: |
24.5% |
|
|
# 91
|
Estonia: |
23.7% |
|
|
# 92
|
Malawi: |
23.5% |
|
|
= 93
|
Bahamas, The: |
22.7% |
|
|
= 93
|
Tunisia: |
22.7% |
|
|
= 95
|
Barbados: |
22.6% |
|
|
= 95
|
Chad: |
22.6% |
|
|
# 97
|
Hungary: |
22.4% |
|
|
# 98
|
Norway: |
22.1% |
|
|
# 99
|
Spain: |
21.9% |
|
|
# 100
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
21.5% |
|
|
# 101
|
Ukraine: |
21.4% |
|
|
# 102
|
Germany: |
21.2% |
|
|
= 103
|
Canada: |
21.1% |
|
|
= 103
|
Australia: |
21.1% |
|
|
# 105
|
Sweden: |
20.7% |
|
|
= 106
|
Mongolia: |
20% |
|
|
= 106
|
United States: |
20% |
|
|
# 108
|
Botswana: |
19.6% |
|
|
= 109
|
Romania: |
18.5% |
|
|
= 109
|
Bulgaria: |
18.5% |
|
|
= 109
|
Gambia, The: |
18.5% |
|
|
= 112
|
Czech Republic: |
18.3% |
|
|
= 112
|
New Zealand: |
18.3% |
|
|
# 114
|
Belarus: |
17.5% |
|
|
# 115
|
Japan: |
17.3% |
|
|
# 116
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
17.1% |
|
|
= 117
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: |
16.9% |
|
|
= 117
|
Russia: |
16.9% |
|
|
= 117
|
Lithuania: |
16.9% |
|
|
# 120
|
Israel: |
15.5% |
|
|
# 121
|
Grenada: |
15.2% |
|
|
# 122
|
Kazakhstan: |
15.1% |
|
|
# 123
|
Fiji: |
13.7% |
|
|
# 124
|
Cyprus: |
13.2% |
|
|
# 125
|
Finland: |
12.7% |
|
|
# 126
|
Belize: |
12.2% |
|
|
# 127
|
Singapore: |
11.8% |
|
|
# 128
|
Uzbekistan: |
11.5% |
|
|
# 129
|
Jamaica: |
11.4% |
|
|
# 130
|
Azerbaijan: |
10.8% |
|
|
# 131
|
Vanuatu: |
8.6% |
|
|
# 132
|
Iceland: |
7.1% |
|
|
# 133
|
Tonga: |
5.3% |
|
|
# 134
|
Namibia: |
5.2% |
|
|
# 135
|
Mexico: |
4.6% |
|
|
# 136
|
Mauritius: |
4% |
|
|
# 137
|
Rwanda: |
2.4% |
|
|
# 138
|
Kiribati: |
1.8% |
|
|
# 139
|
Seychelles: |
1.3% |
|
|
= 140
|
United Arab Emirates: |
0% |
|
|
= 140
|
Comoros: |
0% |
|
|
= 140
|
Sudan: |
0% |
|
|
= 140
|
Tajikistan: |
0% |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
34.3% |
|
DEFINITION: The percentage of the prison
population that is being held pre-trial / on remand. Data for 2003.