High income OECD countries Compared by Crime > Jails per million
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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. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
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1 | Switzerland | 22.38 | 2002 | |
2 | Iceland | 17.39 | 2002 | |
3 | Denmark | 10.42 | 2002 | |
4 | Norway | 10.14 | 2002 | |
5 | Sweden | 9.19 | 2002 | |
6 | Australia | 7.79 | 2002 | |
7 | Finland | 7.11 | 2002 | |
8 | Canada | 6.31 | 2002 | |
9 | Chile | 6.07 | 2002 | |
10 | United States | 5.42 | 2002 | |
11 | Portugal | 5.21 | 2002 | |
12 | Estonia | 5.15 | 2002 | |
13 | New Zealand | 4.56 | 2002 | |
14 | Luxembourg | 4.48 | 2002 | |
15 | Netherlands | 4.33 | 2002 | |
16 | Poland | 4.08 | 2002 | |
17 | Italy | 3.59 | 2002 | |
18 | Ireland | 3.56 | 2002 | |
19 | Czech Republic | 3.43 | 2002 | |
20 | Slovakia | 3.35 | 2002 | |
21 | Belgium | 3.19 | 2002 | |
22 | Slovenia | 3.01 | 2002 | |
23 | Germany | 2.53 | 2002 | |
24 | United Kingdom | 2.43 | 2002 | |
25 | Japan | 1.42 | 2002 | |
26 | South Korea | 0.882 | 2002 |
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Interesting observations about Crime > Jails per million
- Switzerland ranked first for jails per million amongst High income OECD countries in 2002.
- Latvia ranked first for jails per million amongst Europe in 2002.
- Denmark ranked second for jails per million amongst European Union in 2002.
- Japan ranked last for jails per million amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2002.
- Malaysia ranked second for jails per million amongst Emerging markets in 2002.
- Iceland ranked second for jails per million amongst NATO countries in 2002.
- Russia ranked second for jails per million amongst Eastern Europe in 2002.
- Papua New Guinea ranked first for jails per million amongst Christian countries in 2002.
- Germany ranked third last for jails per million amongst Eurozone in 2002.
- United Kingdom ranked 4th last for jails per million amongst Cold countries in 2002.