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Crime Statistics > Prisoners > Per capita (most recent) by country


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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1     United States: 715 per 100,000 people 
# 2     Russia: 584 per 100,000 people 
# 3     Belarus: 554 per 100,000 people 
# 4     Palau: 523 per 100,000 people 
# 5     Belize: 459 per 100,000 people 
# 6     Suriname: 437 per 100,000 people 
# 7     Dominica: 420 per 100,000 people 
# 8     Ukraine: 416 per 100,000 people 
# 9     Bahamas, The: 410 per 100,000 people 
# 10     South Africa: 402 per 100,000 people 
# 11     Kyrgyzstan: 390 per 100,000 people 
# 12     Singapore: 388 per 100,000 people 
# 13     Kazakhstan: 386 per 100,000 people 
# 14     Barbados: 367 per 100,000 people 
# 15     Panama: 354 per 100,000 people 
# 16     Trinidad and Tobago: 351 per 100,000 people 
# 17     Thailand: 340 per 100,000 people 
= 18     Latvia: 339 per 100,000 people 
= 18     Estonia: 339 per 100,000 people 
# 20     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 338 per 100,000 people 
# 21     Grenada: 333 per 100,000 people 
# 22     Botswana: 327 per 100,000 people 
# 23     Swaziland: 324 per 100,000 people 
# 24     Mongolia: 303 per 100,000 people 
# 25     Antigua and Barbuda: 278 per 100,000 people 
# 26     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 270 per 100,000 people 
# 27     Namibia: 267 per 100,000 people 
# 28     Tunisia: 253 per 100,000 people 
# 29     Taiwan: 250 per 100,000 people 
# 30     Saint Lucia: 243 per 100,000 people 
# 31     Lithuania: 234 per 100,000 people 
# 32     Costa Rica: 229 per 100,000 people 
# 33     Iran: 226 per 100,000 people 
# 34     Mauritius: 214 per 100,000 people 
# 35     Poland: 210 per 100,000 people 
# 36     Uruguay: 209 per 100,000 people 
# 37     Seychelles: 207 per 100,000 people 
# 38     Chile: 204 per 100,000 people 
# 39     Azerbaijan: 198 per 100,000 people 
# 40     Romania: 193 per 100,000 people 
# 41     Uzbekistan: 184 per 100,000 people 
# 42     Czech Republic: 178 per 100,000 people 
= 43     Jamaica: 176 per 100,000 people 
= 43     Morocco: 176 per 100,000 people 
# 45     Guyana: 175 per 100,000 people 
# 46     Israel: 174 per 100,000 people 
# 47     Libya: 173 per 100,000 people 
# 48     Honduras: 172 per 100,000 people 
= 49     Brazil: 169 per 100,000 people 
= 49     Mexico: 169 per 100,000 people 
= 51     Hungary: 165 per 100,000 people 
= 51     Slovakia: 165 per 100,000 people 
= 53     Malaysia: 161 per 100,000 people 
= 53     Tajikistan: 161 per 100,000 people 
# 55     New Zealand: 160 per 100,000 people 
# 56     El Salvador: 158 per 100,000 people 
# 57     Dominican Republic: 157 per 100,000 people 
# 58     Bahrain: 155 per 100,000 people 
# 59     Georgia: 148 per 100,000 people 
# 60     Lebanon: 146 per 100,000 people 
# 61     Spain: 144 per 100,000 people 
= 62     Nicaragua: 143 per 100,000 people 
= 62     Lesotho: 143 per 100,000 people 
= 64     Portugal: 130 per 100,000 people 
= 64     Madagascar: 130 per 100,000 people 
= 66     Burundi: 129 per 100,000 people 
= 66     Cameroon: 129 per 100,000 people 
# 68     Bulgaria: 127 per 100,000 people 
# 69     Colombia: 126 per 100,000 people 
# 70     Zambia: 121 per 100,000 people 
# 71     China: 119 per 100,000 people 
# 72     Fiji: 117 per 100,000 people 
= 73     Australia: 116 per 100,000 people 
= 73     Canada: 116 per 100,000 people 
= 73     Tanzania: 116 per 100,000 people 
# 76     Netherlands: 112 per 100,000 people 
= 77     Kenya: 111 per 100,000 people 
= 77     Luxembourg: 111 per 100,000 people 
= 79     Central African Republic: 110 per 100,000 people 
= 79     Saudi Arabia: 110 per 100,000 people 
= 79     Algeria: 110 per 100,000 people 
# 82     Rwanda: 109 per 100,000 people 
# 83     Argentina: 107 per 100,000 people 
= 84     Tonga: 106 per 100,000 people 
= 84     Jordan: 106 per 100,000 people 
= 86     Sri Lanka: 105 per 100,000 people 
= 86     Albania: 105 per 100,000 people 
# 88     Peru: 104 per 100,000 people 
= 89     Bolivia: 102 per 100,000 people 
= 89     Kuwait: 102 per 100,000 people 
= 91     Italy: 100 per 100,000 people 
= 91     Austria: 100 per 100,000 people 
# 93     Germany: 96 per 100,000 people 
= 94     France: 95 per 100,000 people 
= 94     Qatar: 95 per 100,000 people 
# 96     Philippines: 94 per 100,000 people 
# 97     Syria: 93 per 100,000 people 
= 98     Armenia: 92 per 100,000 people 
= 98     Turkey: 92 per 100,000 people 
# 100     Andorra: 90 per 100,000 people 
# 101     Belgium: 88 per 100,000 people 
= 102     Yemen: 83 per 100,000 people 
= 102     Greece: 83 per 100,000 people 
= 104     Oman: 81 per 100,000 people 
= 104     Benin: 81 per 100,000 people 
# 106     Sao Tome and Principe: 79 per 100,000 people 
# 107     Venezuela: 76 per 100,000 people 
= 108     Sweden: 75 per 100,000 people 
= 108     Paraguay: 75 per 100,000 people 
= 110     Switzerland: 72 per 100,000 people 
= 110     Malta: 72 per 100,000 people 
= 110     Denmark: 72 per 100,000 people 
= 113     Vietnam: 71 per 100,000 people 
= 113     Finland: 71 per 100,000 people 
# 115     Malawi: 70 per 100,000 people 
# 116     Guatemala: 68 per 100,000 people 
# 117     Papua New Guinea: 66 per 100,000 people 
= 118     Croatia: 64 per 100,000 people 
= 118     Norway: 64 per 100,000 people 
# 120     Djibouti: 61 per 100,000 people 
= 121     Slovenia: 59 per 100,000 people 
= 121     Pakistan: 59 per 100,000 people 
= 121     Ecuador: 59 per 100,000 people 
= 124     Tuvalu: 56 per 100,000 people 
= 124     Kiribati: 56 per 100,000 people 
= 126     Japan: 54 per 100,000 people 
= 126     Senegal: 54 per 100,000 people 
= 128     Liechtenstein: 53 per 100,000 people 
= 128     Haiti: 53 per 100,000 people 
# 130     Ghana: 52 per 100,000 people 
= 131     Bangladesh: 50 per 100,000 people 
= 131     Mozambique: 50 per 100,000 people 
= 131     Cyprus: 50 per 100,000 people 
= 134     Mauritania: 48 per 100,000 people 
= 134     Nauru: 48 per 100,000 people 
= 136     Chad: 46 per 100,000 people 
= 136     Togo: 46 per 100,000 people 
# 138     Cambodia: 45 per 100,000 people 
= 139     Marshall Islands: 44 per 100,000 people 
= 139     Angola: 44 per 100,000 people 
= 139     Vanuatu: 44 per 100,000 people 
# 142     Iceland: 40 per 100,000 people 
# 143     Monaco: 39 per 100,000 people 
= 144     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 38 per 100,000 people 
= 144     Indonesia: 38 per 100,000 people 
# 146     Guinea: 37 per 100,000 people 
= 147     Mali: 34 per 100,000 people 
= 147     Micronesia, Federated States of: 34 per 100,000 people 
# 149     Nigeria: 33 per 100,000 people 
# 150     Gambia, The: 32 per 100,000 people 
# 151     Solomon Islands: 31 per 100,000 people 
= 152     Nepal: 29 per 100,000 people 
= 152     India: 29 per 100,000 people 
# 154     Burkina Faso: 23 per 100,000 people 
= 155     United Arab Emirates: 0 per 100,000 people 
= 155     Comoros: 0 per 100,000 people 
= 155     Ethiopia: 0 per 100,000 people 
= 155     Uganda: 0 per 100,000 people 
= 155     Egypt: 0 per 100,000 people 
= 155     Sudan: 0 per 100,000 people 
= 155     Cuba: 0 per 100,000 people 
= 155     Turkmenistan: 0 per 100,000 people 
= 155     Niger: 0 per 100,000 people 
= 155     Zimbabwe: 0 per 100,000 people 
Weighted average: 147.9 per 100,000 people  


DEFINITION: Data for 2003. Number of prisoners held per 100,000 population.

SOURCE: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief via NationMaster

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"Prisoners > Per capita by country", International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/red/graph/cri_pri_per_cap-crime-prisoners-per-capita&b_printable=1

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