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.
| 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.
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