Latin America and Caribbean 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	Belize	4.36 prisoners	2002
2	Dominica	4.27 prisoners	2002
3	The Bahamas	4.14 prisoners	2002
4	Suriname	4.03 prisoners	2002
5	Trinidad and Tobago	3.75 prisoners	2002
6	Barbados	3.68 prisoners	2002
7	Panama	3.26 prisoners	2002
8	Grenada	2.91 prisoners	2002
9	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.88 prisoners	2002
10	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.79 prisoners	2002
11	Antigua and Barbuda	2.32 prisoners	2002
12	Chile	2.32 prisoners	2002
13	Saint Lucia	2.28 prisoners	2002
14	Uruguay	2.13 prisoners	2002
15	Costa Rica	2.08 prisoners	2002
16	Guyana	2.01 prisoners	2002
17	El Salvador	1.84 prisoners	2002
18	Jamaica	1.81 prisoners	2002
19	Honduras	1.77 prisoners	2002
20	Brazil	1.72 prisoners	2002
21	Mexico	1.62 prisoners	2002
22	Dominican Republic	1.55 prisoners	2002
23	Nicaragua	1.37 prisoners	2002
24	Colombia	1.31 prisoners	2002
25	Argentina	1.2 prisoners	2002
26	Peru	1.03 prisoners	2002
27	Bolivia	0.94 prisoners	2002
28	Venezuela	0.76 prisoners	2002
29	Paraguay	0.734 prisoners	2002
30	Guatemala	0.706 prisoners	2002
31	Ecuador	0.635 prisoners	2002
32	Haiti	0.469 prisoners	2002
33	Cuba	0.0	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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