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Southeast Asia > Philippines > Crime

PHILIPPINE CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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> % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 26.45 % Time series [12th of 38]
Assaults 62 [49th of 49]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 35.17 % Time series [12th of 39]
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Illicit drugs
domestic methamphetamine production has been a growing problem in recent years despite government crackdowns; major consumer of amphetamines; longstanding marijuana producer mainly in rural areas where Manila's control is limited
Source: World Development Indicators database
Jails 7 [45th of 80]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manslaughters 2,592 [4th of 42]
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Murders 6,553 [4th of 49]
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Murders committed by youths 3,252 [6th of 73]
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Murders committed by youths per capita 12.2 [11th of 57]
Source: World Health Organization: World report on violence and health, 2002
Murders with firearms 7,708 [2nd of 36]
Source: World Health Organization: World report on violence and health, 2002
Police 112,994 [7th of 47]
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Prisoners 70,383 prisoners [17th of 168]
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Prisoners > Female 4% [70th of 134]
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Prisoners > Foreign prisoners 0.6% [75th of 86]
Source: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Prisoners > Per capita 94 per 100,000 people [96th of 164]
Source: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled 156.4% [28th of 128]
Source: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Sentence Length 24 [17th of 21]
Source: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Software piracy rate 69% [41st of 107]
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Total crimes 85,776 [31st of 50]
Source: Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines 11.5 [53rd of 143]
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); World Health Organization: World report on violence and health, 2002; International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief; Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study; Cultures of Corruption: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets Ray Fisman Edward Miguel Columbia University and NBER University of California, Berkeley and NBER 2006

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Philippines, Republic of the Philippines, Republika ng Pilipinas, Pilipinas, the philippines

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