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DEFINITION:
Total persons incarcerated. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
CONTENTS
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
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1 | Rwanda | 12.46 prisoners | 2002 | |
2 | United States | 7.02 prisoners | 2002 | |
3 | Russia | 5.83 prisoners | 2002 | |
4 | Palau | 5.26 prisoners | 2002 | |
5 | Belarus | 5.19 prisoners | 2002 | |
6 | Belize | 4.36 prisoners | 2002 | |
7 | Dominica | 4.27 prisoners | 2002 | |
8 | The Bahamas | 4.14 prisoners | 2002 | |
9 | Ukraine | 4.12 prisoners | 2002 | |
10 | Suriname | 4.03 prisoners | 2002 | |
11 | South Africa | 4 prisoners | 2002 | |
12 | Kazakhstan | 3.92 prisoners | 2002 | |
13 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.91 prisoners | 2002 | |
14 | Singapore | 3.91 prisoners | 2002 | |
15 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.75 prisoners | 2002 | |
16 | Barbados | 3.68 prisoners | 2002 | |
17 | Latvia | 3.63 prisoners | 2002 | |
18 | Estonia | 3.36 prisoners | 2002 | |
19 | Thailand | 3.35 prisoners | 2002 | |
20 | Panama | 3.26 prisoners | 2002 | |
21 | Botswana | 3.26 prisoners | 2002 | |
22 | Mongolia | 3.22 prisoners | 2002 | |
23 | Lithuania | 3.19 prisoners | 2002 | |
24 | Moldova | 3.01 prisoners | 2002 | |
25 | Swaziland | 3 prisoners | 2002 | |
26 | Grenada | 2.91 prisoners | 2002 | |
27 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.88 prisoners | 2002 | |
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 2.85 prisoners | 2002 | ||
28 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.79 prisoners | 2002 | |
29 | Namibia | 2.46 prisoners | 2002 | |
30 | Iran | 2.41 prisoners | 2002 | |
31 | Tunisia | 2.37 prisoners | 2002 | |
32 | Azerbaijan | 2.34 prisoners | 2002 | |
33 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.32 prisoners | 2002 | |
34 | Chile | 2.32 prisoners | 2002 | |
35 | Saint Lucia | 2.28 prisoners | 2002 | |
36 | Romania | 2.2 prisoners | 2002 | |
37 | Uruguay | 2.13 prisoners | 2002 | |
38 | Mauritius | 2.12 prisoners | 2002 | |
39 | Poland | 2.1 prisoners | 2002 | |
40 | Costa Rica | 2.08 prisoners | 2002 | |
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 2.08 prisoners | 2002 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 2.03 prisoners | 2002 | ||
41 | Guyana | 2.01 prisoners | 2002 | |
42 | Uzbekistan | 1.9 prisoners | 2002 | |
43 | Seychelles | 1.88 prisoners | 2002 | |
44 | Morocco | 1.85 prisoners | 2002 | |
45 | El Salvador | 1.84 prisoners | 2002 | |
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 1.83 prisoners | 2002 | ||
46 | Czech Republic | 1.83 prisoners | 2002 | |
47 | Libya | 1.83 prisoners | 2002 | |
48 | Jamaica | 1.81 prisoners | 2002 | |
49 | Honduras | 1.77 prisoners | 2002 | |
50 | Hungary | 1.76 prisoners | 2002 | |
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 1.74 prisoners | 2002 | ||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 1.73 prisoners | 2002 | ||
51 | Brazil | 1.72 prisoners | 2002 | |
52 | Israel | 1.68 prisoners | 2002 | |
53 | Mexico | 1.62 prisoners | 2002 | |
54 | Malaysia | 1.61 prisoners | 2002 | |
55 | Lesotho | 1.59 prisoners | 2002 | |
56 | Lebanon | 1.57 prisoners | 2002 | |
Europe average (profile) | 1.55 prisoners | 2002 | ||
57 | Dominican Republic | 1.55 prisoners | 2002 | |
58 | New Zealand | 1.51 prisoners | 2002 | |
59 | Georgia | 1.47 prisoners | 2002 | |
60 | Slovakia | 1.44 prisoners | 2002 | |
61 | Kuwait | 1.44 prisoners | 2002 | |
62 | Spain | 1.43 prisoners | 2002 | |
European Union average (profile) | 1.38 prisoners | 2002 | ||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 1.37 prisoners | 2002 | ||
63 | Nicaragua | 1.37 prisoners | 2002 | |
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 1.36 prisoners | 2002 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 1.35 prisoners | 2002 | ||
64 | Portugal | 1.34 prisoners | 2002 | |
65 | United Kingdom | 1.33 prisoners | 2002 | |
66 | Colombia | 1.31 prisoners | 2002 | |
67 | Saudi Arabia | 1.31 prisoners | 2002 | |
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 1.29 prisoners | 2002 | ||
68 | Cyprus | 1.28 prisoners | 2002 | |
Eurozone average (profile) | 1.27 prisoners | 2002 | ||
69 | Bulgaria | 1.26 prisoners | 2002 | |
70 | Bahrain | 1.24 prisoners | 2002 | |
71 | Zambia | 1.24 prisoners | 2002 | |
72 | South Korea | 1.23 prisoners | 2002 | |
73 | Burundi | 1.23 prisoners | 2002 | |
74 | China | 1.21 prisoners | 2002 | |
75 | Tanzania | 1.21 prisoners | 2002 | |
76 | Fiji | 1.2 prisoners | 2002 | |
77 | Madagascar | 1.2 prisoners | 2002 | |
78 | Argentina | 1.2 prisoners | 2002 | |
79 | Cameroon | 1.19 prisoners | 2002 | |
80 | Australia | 1.14 prisoners | 2002 | |
81 | Tonga | 1.14 prisoners | 2002 | |
82 | Canada | 1.13 prisoners | 2002 | |
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 1.13 prisoners | 2002 | ||
83 | Jordan | 1.11 prisoners | 2002 | |
84 | Central African Republic | 1.11 prisoners | 2002 | |
85 | Kenya | 1.07 prisoners | 2002 | |
86 | Sri Lanka | 1.06 prisoners | 2002 | |
87 | Algeria | 1.05 prisoners | 2002 | |
88 | Netherlands | 1.05 prisoners | 2002 | |
OPEC countries average (profile) | 1.04 prisoners | 2002 | ||
89 | Peru | 1.03 prisoners | 2002 | |
Muslim countries average (profile) | 1.01 prisoners | 2002 | ||
90 | Austria | 1 prisoners | 2002 | |
91 | Turkey | 0.985 prisoners | 2002 | |
92 | Italy | 0.974 prisoners | 2002 | |
93 | Armenia | 0.941 prisoners | 2002 | |
94 | Bolivia | 0.94 prisoners | 2002 | |
95 | France | 0.922 prisoners | 2002 | |
96 | Germany | 0.908 prisoners | 2002 | |
97 | Egypt | 0.905 prisoners | 2002 | |
98 | Qatar | 0.905 prisoners | 2002 | |
99 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.9 prisoners | 2002 | |
100 | Philippines | 0.869 prisoners | 2002 | |
101 | Andorra | 0.851 prisoners | 2002 | |
102 | Belgium | 0.833 prisoners | 2002 | |
103 | Syria | 0.824 prisoners | 2002 | |
104 | Greece | 0.805 prisoners | 2002 | |
Former French colonies average (profile) | 0.783 prisoners | 2002 | ||
105 | Luxembourg | 0.764 prisoners | 2002 | |
106 | Venezuela | 0.76 prisoners | 2002 | |
107 | Yemen | 0.755 prisoners | 2002 | |
108 | Paraguay | 0.734 prisoners | 2002 | |
109 | Malawi | 0.718 prisoners | 2002 | |
110 | Malta | 0.715 prisoners | 2002 | |
111 | Guatemala | 0.706 prisoners | 2002 | |
112 | Vietnam | 0.691 prisoners | 2002 | |
113 | Switzerland | 0.684 prisoners | 2002 | |
114 | Benin | 0.669 prisoners | 2002 | |
115 | Burma | 0.666 prisoners | 2002 | |
116 | Sweden | 0.663 prisoners | 2002 | |
117 | Finland | 0.66 prisoners | 2002 | |
118 | Norway | 0.642 prisoners | 2002 | |
119 | Kiribati | 0.641 prisoners | 2002 | |
120 | Denmark | 0.639 prisoners | 2002 | |
121 | Ecuador | 0.635 prisoners | 2002 | |
122 | Tuvalu | 0.63 prisoners | 2002 | |
123 | Oman | 0.608 prisoners | 2002 | |
124 | Croatia | 0.588 prisoners | 2002 | |
125 | Papua New Guinea | 0.583 prisoners | 2002 | |
126 | Pakistan | 0.581 prisoners | 2002 | |
127 | Ghana | 0.556 prisoners | 2002 | |
128 | Slovenia | 0.551 prisoners | 2002 | |
129 | Japan | 0.545 prisoners | 2002 | |
130 | Bangladesh | 0.541 prisoners | 2002 | |
131 | Liechtenstein | 0.532 prisoners | 2002 | |
132 | Senegal | 0.516 prisoners | 2002 | |
133 | Djibouti | 0.516 prisoners | 2002 | |
134 | Cambodia | 0.499 prisoners | 2002 | |
135 | Vanuatu | 0.48 prisoners | 2002 | |
136 | Mauritania | 0.471 prisoners | 2002 | |
137 | Albania | 0.469 prisoners | 2002 | |
138 | Haiti | 0.469 prisoners | 2002 | |
139 | Mozambique | 0.456 prisoners | 2002 | |
140 | Marshall Islands | 0.441 prisoners | 2002 | |
141 | Chad | 0.433 prisoners | 2002 | |
142 | Angola | 0.404 prisoners | 2002 | |
143 | Togo | 0.399 prisoners | 2002 | |
144 | Monaco | 0.398 prisoners | 2002 | |
145 | Indonesia | 0.392 prisoners | 2002 | |
146 | Mali | 0.371 prisoners | 2002 | |
147 | Federated States of Micronesia | 0.365 prisoners | 2002 | |
148 | Iceland | 0.362 prisoners | 2002 | |
149 | The Gambia | 0.344 prisoners | 2002 | |
150 | Guinea | 0.339 prisoners | 2002 | |
151 | Nigeria | 0.313 prisoners | 2002 | |
152 | Solomon Islands | 0.308 prisoners | 2002 | |
153 | Nepal | 0.296 prisoners | 2002 | |
154 | India | 0.291 prisoners | 2002 | |
155 | Burkina Faso | 0.228 prisoners | 2002 | |
156 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.0185 prisoners | 2002 | |
=157 | Turkmenistan | 0.0 | 2002 | |
=157 | Ethiopia | 0.0 | 2002 | |
=157 | Tajikistan | 0.0 | 2002 | |
=157 | Sudan | 0.0 | 2002 | |
=157 | Zimbabwe | 0.0 | 2002 | |
=157 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0 | 2002 | |
=157 | Cuba | 0.0 | 2002 | |
=157 | Uganda | 0.0 | 2002 | |
=157 | Niger | 0.0 | 2002 | |
=157 | Comoros | 0.0 | 2002 |