DEFINITION
Total number of adult prisons, penal or correctional institutions (excluding temporary jail lock-ups).
Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report
crime, than actual prevalence.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 | Malaysia: | 26,294 | |
| #2 | Hong Kong: | 10,593 | |
| #3 | Papua New Guinea: | 9,474 | |
| #4 | Latvia: | 8,110 | |
| #5 | Kuwait: | 2,566 | |
| #6 | United States: | 1,558 | |
| #7 | Oman: | 1,164 | |
| #8 | Russia: | 739 | |
| #9 | Turkey: | 504 | |
| #10 | Mexico: | 448 | |
| #11 | Indonesia: | 362 | |
| #12 | South Africa: | 228 | |
| #13 | Germany: | 209 | |
| #14 | Italy: | 205 | |
| #15 | Canada: | 198 | |
| #16 | Japan: | 181 | |
| #17 | Colombia: | 168 | |
| #18 | Argentina: | 166 | |
| #19 | Switzerland: | 163 | |
| #20 | Poland: | 156 | |
| #21 | Australia: | 153 | |
| #22 | United Kingdom: | 144 | |
| #23 | Thailand: | 134 | |
| #24 | Ukraine: | 128 | |
| #25 | Saudi Arabia: | 104 | |
| #26 | Chile: | 96 | |
| #27 | Sweden: | 82 | |
| #28 | Peru: | 81 | |
| #29 | Nepal: | 73 | |
| #30 | Netherlands: | 70 | |
| #31 | Denmark: | 56 | |
| #32 | Portugal: | 54 | |
| #33 | Zambia: | 52 | |
| #34 | Azerbaijan: | 51 | |
| #35 | Venezuela: | 48 | |
| #36 | Morocco: | 46 | |
| #37 | Norway: | 46 | |
| #38 | Egypt: | 43 | |
| #39 | Korea, South: | 42 | |
| #40 | Zimbabwe: | 40 | |
| #41 | Burma: | 40 | |
| #42 | Romania: | 39 | |
| #43 | Finland: | 37 | |
| #44 | Czech Republic: | 35 | |
| #45 | Belgium: | 33 | |
| #46 | Bulgaria: | 33 | |
| #47 | Dominican Republic: | 32 | |
| #48 | Ecuador: | 32 | |
| #49 | Hungary: | 31 | |
| #50 | Sri Lanka: | 29 | |
| #51 | Belarus: | 27 | |
| #52 | Croatia: | 21 | |
| #53 | Panama: | 21 | |
| #54 | El Salvador: | 21 | |
| #55 | Botswana: | 20 | |
| #56 | New Zealand: | 18 | |
| #57 | Moldova: | 18 | |
| #58 | Slovakia: | 18 | |
| #59 | Georgia: | 17 | |
| #60 | Ireland: | 14 | |
| #61 | Lithuania: | 13 | |
| #62 | Albania: | 11 | |
| #63 | Kyrgyzstan: | 10 | |
| #64 | Jordan: | 10 | |
| #65 | Mauritius: | 9 | |
| #66 | Maldives: | 9 | |
| #67 | Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: | 7 | |
| #68 | Estonia: | 7 | |
| #69 | Jamaica: | 7 | |
| #70 | Philippines: | 7 | |
| #71 | Slovenia: | 6 | |
| #72 | Iceland: | 5 | |
| #73 | Kazakhstan: | 3 | |
| #74 | Suriname: | 3 | |
| #75 | Luxembourg: | 2 | |
| #76 | Malta: | 1 | |
| #77 | Dominica: | 1 | |
| #78 | Montserrat: | 1 | |
| #79 | Cyprus: | 1 | |
| #80 | Qatar: | 1 | |
| |
Total: |
65,679 |
| |
Weighted average: |
821.0 |
|
DEFINITION: Total number of adult prisons, penal or correctional institutions (excluding temporary jail lock-ups).
Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report
crime, than actual prevalence.
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