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DEFINITION:
The percentage of the prison population that is being held pre-trial / on remand. Data for 2003.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paraguay | 92.7% | 2003 | |
| 2 | Haiti | 83.5% | 2003 | |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 79.8% | 2003 | |
| 4 | Honduras | 78.5% | 2003 | |
| 5 | Andorra | 77% | 2003 | |
| 6 | Mozambique | 72.9% | 2003 | |
| 7 | Uruguay | 72.5% | 2003 | |
| 8 | India | 70.4% | 2003 | |
| 9 | Ecuador | 69.9% | 2003 | |
| =10 | Peru | 67.2% | 2003 | |
| =10 | Mali | 67.2% | 2003 | |
| 12 | Pakistan | 66.1% | 2003 | |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 65.8% | 2003 | |
| 14 | Uganda | 65.7% | 2003 | |
| 15 | Madagascar | 65.4% | 2003 | |
| 16 | Benin | 64.5% | 2003 | |
| 17 | Nigeria | 63% | 2003 | |
| 18 | Libya | 62.6% | 2003 | |
| 19 | Bangladesh | 60.3% | 2003 | |
| 20 | Nepal | 59.8% | 2003 | |
| 21 | Burundi | 59.4% | 2003 | |
| 22 | Angola | 58.9% | 2003 | |
| 23 | Sao Tome and Principe | 58.5% | 2003 | |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 58.3% | 2003 | |
| 25 | Guatemala | 58% | 2003 | |
| 26 | Djibouti | 57.2% | 2003 | |
| 27 | Togo | 55.4% | 2003 | |
| 28 | Lebanon | 55.2% | 2003 | |
| 29 | Panama | 55% | 2003 | |
| 30 | Argentina | 54% | 2003 | |
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 53.33% | 2003 | ||
| 31 | Venezuela | 52.1% | 2003 | |
| 32 | Sri Lanka | 51.6% | 2003 | |
| 33 | Guinea | 51.3% | 2003 | |
| 34 | Turkey | 51% | 2003 | |
| 35 | El Salvador | 49.7% | 2003 | |
| 36 | Swaziland | 49.6% | 2003 | |
| 37 | Cameroon | 49.2% | 2003 | |
| 38 | Tanzania | 49% | 2003 | |
| 39 | Albania | 44.9% | 2003 | |
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 44.31% | 2003 | ||
| 40 | Luxembourg | 43.6% | 2003 | |
| 41 | Dominica | 43.4% | 2003 | |
| 42 | Switzerland | 43% | 2003 | |
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 42.77% | 2003 | ||
| 43 | Jordan | 41.8% | 2003 | |
| 44 | Suriname | 41.4% | 2003 | |
| 45 | Colombia | 41.1% | 2003 | |
| 46 | Morocco | 40.7% | 2003 | |
| 47 | Chile | 40.4% | 2003 | |
| 48 | Indonesia | 39.7% | 2003 | |
| 49 | Costa Rica | 39.5% | 2003 | |
| 50 | Kenya | 39.4% | 2003 | |
| 51 | Liechtenstein | 38.9% | 2003 | |
| 52 | Georgia | 38.7% | 2003 | |
| 53 | Philippines | 38.2% | 2003 | |
| 54 | France | 37.4% | 2003 | |
| 55 | Italy | 37% | 2003 | |
| 56 | Belgium | 36.7% | 2003 | |
| 57 | Algeria | 36.1% | 2003 | |
| 58 | Bolivia | 36% | 2003 | |
| 59 | Latvia | 35.9% | 2003 | |
| 60 | Qatar | 35.5% | 2003 | |
| 61 | Lesotho | 35.3% | 2003 | |
| 62 | Papua New Guinea | 35.2% | 2003 | |
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 34.92% | 2003 | ||
| 63 | Marshall Islands | 34.8% | 2003 | |
| 64 | Croatia | 33.8% | 2003 | |
| =65 | Slovakia | 33.1% | 2003 | |
| =65 | Senegal | 33.1% | 2003 | |
| =65 | Malta | 33.1% | 2003 | |
| 68 | Armenia | 32.1% | 2003 | |
| =69 | Netherlands | 31.3% | 2003 | |
| =69 | Solomon Islands | 31.3% | 2003 | |
| 71 | Nicaragua | 30.8% | 2003 | |
| 72 | Malaysia | 30.7% | 2003 | |
| 73 | Cambodia | 30.5% | 2003 | |
| 74 | Zimbabwe | 29.6% | 2003 | |
| 75 | Denmark | 29.5% | 2003 | |
| 76 | Bahrain | 29.3% | 2003 | |
| 77 | Trinidad and Tobago | 29.2% | 2003 | |
| Eurozone average (profile) | 28.67% | 2003 | ||
| 78 | Greece | 28.5% | 2003 | |
| 79 | Saint Lucia | 28.4% | 2003 | |
| 80 | South Africa | 28.3% | 2003 | |
| NATO countries average (profile) | 28.13% | 2003 | ||
| 81 | Brazil | 28.1% | 2003 | |
| 82 | Guyana | 27.7% | 2003 | |
| 83 | Austria | 26.8% | 2003 | |
| European Union average (profile) | 26.6% | 2003 | ||
| 84 | Thailand | 26.4% | 2003 | |
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 25.9% | 2003 | ||
| 85 | Portugal | 25.8% | 2003 | |
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 25.77% | 2003 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 25.67% | 2003 | ||
| 86 | Poland | 25.6% | 2003 | |
| =87 | Slovenia | 25.5% | 2003 | |
| =87 | Zambia | 25.5% | 2003 | |
| 89 | Iran | 24.8% | 2003 | |
| 90 | Ghana | 24.5% | 2003 | |
| 91 | Estonia | 23.7% | 2003 | |
| 92 | Malawi | 23.5% | 2003 | |
| =93 | The Bahamas | 22.7% | 2003 | |
| =93 | Tunisia | 22.7% | 2003 | |
| =95 | Barbados | 22.6% | 2003 | |
| =95 | Chad | 22.6% | 2003 | |
| 97 | Hungary | 22.4% | 2003 | |
| 98 | Norway | 22.1% | 2003 | |
| 99 | Spain | 21.9% | 2003 | |
| 100 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 21.5% | 2003 | |
| 101 | Ukraine | 21.4% | 2003 | |
| 102 | Germany | 21.2% | 2003 | |
| =103 | Canada | 21.1% | 2003 | |
| =103 | Australia | 21.1% | 2003 | |
| 105 | Sweden | 20.7% | 2003 | |
| =106 | Mongolia | 20% | 2003 | |
| =106 | United States | 20% | 2003 | |
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 19.82% | 2003 | ||
| 108 | Botswana | 19.6% | 2003 | |
| =109 | The Gambia | 18.5% | 2003 | |
| =109 | Bulgaria | 18.5% | 2003 | |
| =109 | Romania | 18.5% | 2003 | |
| =112 | New Zealand | 18.3% | 2003 | |
| =112 | Czech Republic | 18.3% | 2003 | |
| 114 | Belarus | 17.5% | 2003 | |
| 115 | Japan | 17.3% | 2003 | |
| 116 | Kyrgyzstan | 17.1% | 2003 | |
| =117 | Lithuania | 16.9% | 2003 | |
| =117 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 16.9% | 2003 | |
| =117 | Russia | 16.9% | 2003 | |
| 120 | Israel | 15.5% | 2003 | |
| 121 | Grenada | 15.2% | 2003 | |
| 122 | Kazakhstan | 15.1% | 2003 | |
| 123 | Fiji | 13.7% | 2003 | |
| 124 | Cyprus | 13.2% | 2003 | |
| 125 | Finland | 12.7% | 2003 | |
| 126 | Belize | 12.2% | 2003 | |
| 127 | Singapore | 11.8% | 2003 | |
| 128 | Uzbekistan | 11.5% | 2003 | |
| 129 | Jamaica | 11.4% | 2003 | |
| 130 | Azerbaijan | 10.8% | 2003 | |
| 131 | Vanuatu | 8.6% | 2003 | |
| 132 | Iceland | 7.1% | 2003 | |
| 133 | Tonga | 5.3% | 2003 | |
| 134 | Namibia | 5.2% | 2003 | |
| 135 | Mexico | 4.6% | 2003 | |
| 136 | Mauritius | 4% | 2003 | |
| 137 | Rwanda | 2.4% | 2003 | |
| 138 | Kiribati | 1.8% | 2003 | |
| 139 | Seychelles | 1.3% | 2003 | |
| =140 | Tajikistan | 0.0 | 2003 | |
| =140 | Sudan | 0.0 | 2003 | |
| =140 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0 | 2003 | |
| =140 | Comoros | 0.0 | 2003 |