Convicted (most recent) by country

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)

DEFINITION
Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.

Crime Statistics > Convicted (most recent) by country

Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

Egypt:

3,576,010

# 2

United Kingdom:

1,436,552

# 3

Russia:

1,183,630

# 4

France:

1,069,550

# 5

Turkey:

972,124

# 6

Japan:

923,769

# 7

Poland:

667,061

# 8

India:

604,547

# 9

Germany:

522,916

# 10

Thailand:

468,984

# 11

Canada:

329,784

# 12

Burma:

288,500

# 13

Spain:

277,597

# 14

Ukraine:

230,903

# 15

Italy:

221,190

# 16

Finland:

179,229

# 17

Korea, South:

175,343

# 18

Belgium:

159,512

# 19

Mexico:

122,582

# 20

Indonesia:

115,715

# 21

Chile:

112,680

# 22

Netherlands:

106,643

# 23

Syria:

97,141

# 24

Hungary:

95,213

# 25

New Zealand:

94,339

# 26

Romania:

90,985

# 27

Colombia:

85,180

# 28

Switzerland:

82,489

# 29

Kazakhstan:

77,984

# 30

Zimbabwe:

68,275

# 31

Czech Republic:

65,098

# 32

Portugal:

61,840

# 33

Cyprus:

60,046

# 34

Saudi Arabia:

59,875

# 35

Sweden:

56,772

# 36

Belarus:

53,626

# 37

Malaysia:

51,433

# 38

Bulgaria:

30,405

# 39

Slovakia:

24,102

# 40

Hong Kong:

22,349

# 41

Kyrgyzstan:

20,168

# 42

Lithuania:

19,890

# 43

Moldova:

18,837

# 44

Croatia:

17,253

# 45

Azerbaijan:

14,188

# 46

Australia:

14,073

# 47

Denmark:

13,517

# 48

Latvia:

12,615

# 49

Slovenia:

11,006

# 50

Norway:

10,782

# 51

Estonia:

10,261

# 52

Georgia:

8,284

# 53

Bolivia:

5,222

# 54

Uruguay:

4,876

# 55

Albania:

4,370

# 56

Panama:

4,029

# 57

Qatar:

3,610

# 58

Dominican Republic:

3,442

# 59

Costa Rica:

3,005

# 60

Iceland:

2,377

# 61

El Salvador:

2,314

# 62

Zambia:

1,947

# 63

Afghanistan:

971

# 64

Luxembourg:

963

# 65

Papua New Guinea:

885

# 66

Dominica:

495

# 67

Montserrat:

167

Total:

15,131,520

Weighted average:

225,843.6

DEFINITION: Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.

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) via NationMaster

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