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

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#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% 
#45   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% 
#67   Romania: 115.3% 
#68   Ecuador: 115% 
#69   Spain: 114.1% 
#70   Uzbekistan: 113.5% 
#71   Nicaragua: 113% 
#72   Belgium: 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% 
#82   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   United States: 0% 
#126   Tajikistan: 0% 
#127   Kazakhstan: 0% 
#128   Mauritania: 0% 
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.

SOURCE: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief

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