Prisoners share of prison capacity filled by country. Definition, graph and map.

DEFINITION
The percentage of the offical prison capacity filled. This is obtained by comparing the number of prisoners in a nation to the offical capacity of the nation's prison system. Data for 2003.

Crime Statistics > Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled (most recent) by country

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Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

Barbados:

302.4%

# 2

Cameroon:

296.3%

# 3

Bangladesh:

288.5%

# 4

Saint Lucia:

278.4%

# 5

Grenada:

258.3%

# 6

Zambia:

245.9%

# 7

Iran:

243.1%

# 8

Thailand:

230.8%

# 9

Burundi:

230.6%

# 10

Kenya:

228.1%

# 11

Pakistan:

222.5%

# 12

Belize:

219.4%

# 13

Honduras:

207.6%

# 14

Rwanda:

202.4%

# 15

Tanzania:

190.5%

# 16

Sri Lanka:

189.8%

# 17

Uganda:

186.4%

# 18

Haiti:

184.7%

# 19

Dominican Republic:

175.3%

# 20

Burkina Faso:

169.7%

# 21

Madagascar:

169.2%

# 22

Senegal:

167.9%

# 23

El Salvador:

167.5%

# 24

Suriname:

162.7%

# 25

Bolivia:

162.5%

# 26

South Africa:

159.4%

# 27

Greece:

158.3%

# 28

Philippines:

156.4%

# 29

Malawi:

155.7%

# 30

Botswana:

155.6%

# 31

Morocco:

155.1%

# 32

Mauritius:

154.2%

# 33

Paraguay:

151%

# 34

Uruguay:

150.8%

# 35

Hungary:

147.7%

# 36

Ghana:

145.5%

# 37

Panama:

144.7%

# 38

Mozambique:

144%

# 39

Dominica:

143.3%

# 40

Nepal:

142.6%

# 41

Bahrain:

140.6%

# 42

Libya:

139.5%

# 43

Peru:

137.8%

= 44

India:

136.5%

= 44

Colombia:

136.5%

# 46

Belarus:

135.7%

# 47

Chile:

134.3%

# 48

Italy:

134.2%

# 49

Brazil:

133.8%

# 50

Zimbabwe:

131.3%

# 51

Bahamas, The:

129.2%

# 52

Indonesia:

128.9%

# 53

Saint Kitts and Nevis:

128.6%

# 54

Namibia:

126%

# 55

France:

124.7%

# 56

Mexico:

123.6%

# 57

Malaysia:

122.5%

# 58

Guyana:

120.8%

# 59

Argentina:

119.9%

# 60

Albania:

119.1%

# 61

Cyprus:

119%

# 62

Jamaica:

117%

# 63

Poland:

116.4%

# 64

Lesotho:

116%

# 65

Czech Republic:

115.6%

= 66

Lebanon:

115.3%

= 66

Romania:

115.3%

# 68

Ecuador:

115%

# 69

Spain:

114.1%

# 70

Uzbekistan:

113.5%

= 71

Belgium:

113%

= 71

Nicaragua:

113%

# 73

Guatemala:

112.9%

# 74

Kyrgyzstan:

112.6%

# 75

Cambodia:

112%

# 76

Trinidad and Tobago:

111.9%

# 77

Portugal:

111.4%

# 78

Fiji:

111.1%

# 79

Costa Rica:

109.6%

# 80

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:

107.9%

= 81

Finland:

107.1%

= 81

Singapore:

107.1%

# 83

Sweden:

106.9%

# 84

Japan:

106.5%

# 85

Slovenia:

106.1%

# 86

Australia:

105.9%

# 87

Swaziland:

103.7%

# 88

Israel:

103%

# 89

Nigeria:

101.5%

# 90

Austria:

101.1%

# 91

Germany:

100.5%

# 92

Denmark:

100.4%

# 93

Algeria:

100.2%

# 94

New Zealand:

99.1%

# 95

Norway:

98.3%

# 96

Venezuela:

97.2%

# 97

Marshall Islands:

95.8%

# 98

Netherlands:

95%

# 99

Canada:

94.3%

# 100

Estonia:

94.2%

# 101

Slovakia:

93.6%

# 102

Croatia:

92.9%

# 103

Turkey:

91.1%

# 104

Bulgaria:

91%

# 105

Russia:

90.2%

# 106

Ukraine:

90%

# 107

Papua New Guinea:

87.4%

# 108

Latvia:

86.4%

# 109

Lithuania:

84.2%

# 110

Angola:

82.9%

# 111

Iceland:

81.8%

# 112

Tonga:

81.3%

# 113

Switzerland:

80.9%

# 114

Jordan:

80.1%

# 115

Andorra:

71.8%

# 116

Niger:

68.8%

# 117

Azerbaijan:

66.3%

# 118

Gambia, The:

65%

# 119

Armenia:

64.3%

# 120

Luxembourg:

64%

# 121

Georgia:

62.8%

# 122

Malta:

62.6%

# 123

Liechtenstein:

54.5%

# 124

Sao Tome and Principe:

43.3%

= 125

Tajikistan:

= 125

Kazakhstan:

= 125

Mauritania:

= 125

United States:

Weighted average:

128.0%

DEFINITION: The percentage of the offical prison capacity filled. This is obtained by comparing the number of prisoners in a nation to the offical capacity of the nation's prison system. Data for 2003.

Crime Statistics > Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled (most recent) by country

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