High income OECD countries Compared by Crime > Prisoners per 1000

DEFINITION: Total persons incarcerated. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	United States	7.02 prisoners	2002
2	Estonia	3.36 prisoners	2002
3	Chile	2.32 prisoners	2002
4	Poland	2.1 prisoners	2002
5	Czech Republic	1.83 prisoners	2002
6	Israel	1.68 prisoners	2002
7	New Zealand	1.51 prisoners	2002
8	Slovakia	1.44 prisoners	2002
9	Spain	1.43 prisoners	2002
10	Portugal	1.34 prisoners	2002
11	United Kingdom	1.33 prisoners	2002
12	South Korea	1.23 prisoners	2002
13	Australia	1.14 prisoners	2002
14	Canada	1.13 prisoners	2002
15	Netherlands	1.05 prisoners	2002
16	Austria	1 prisoners	2002
17	Italy	0.974 prisoners	2002
18	France	0.922 prisoners	2002
19	Germany	0.908 prisoners	2002
20	Belgium	0.833 prisoners	2002
21	Greece	0.805 prisoners	2002
22	Luxembourg	0.764 prisoners	2002
23	Switzerland	0.684 prisoners	2002
24	Sweden	0.663 prisoners	2002
25	Finland	0.66 prisoners	2002
26	Norway	0.642 prisoners	2002
27	Denmark	0.639 prisoners	2002
28	Slovenia	0.551 prisoners	2002
29	Japan	0.545 prisoners	2002
30	Iceland	0.362 prisoners	2002

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United States ranked first for prisoners per 1000 amongst Former British colonies in 2002.
Russia ranked first for prisoners per 1000 amongst Europe in 2002.
Rwanda ranked first for prisoners per 1000 amongst Christian countries in 2002.
Belize ranked first for prisoners per 1000 amongst Hot countries in 2002.
Kazakhstan ranked first for prisoners per 1000 amongst Muslim countries in 2002.
Latvia ranked first for prisoners per 1000 amongst European Union in 2002.
Palau ranked first for prisoners per 1000 amongst Catholic countries in 2002.
Ukraine ranked second for prisoners per 1000 amongst Emerging markets in 2002.
Iran ranked first for prisoners per 1000 amongst Middle Eastern and North Africa in 2002.
Japan ranked last for prisoners per 1000 amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2002.

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