- List of countries by incarceration rate
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| Country (or dependent territory, subnational area, etc.) |
Incarceration Rate per 100,000 population |
Prison Population |
Percent of prisoners unsentenced |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan |
88 | 30,000 | 31.3 | |
 Albania |
188 | 5,407 | 40.6 | |
 Algeria |
146 | 60,000 | 8.6 | |
 American Samoa (USA) |
345 | 193 | 14.9 | |
 Andorra |
69 | 52 | 55.3 | |
 Angola |
93 | 24,000 | 45.8 | |
 Anguilla (United Kingdom) |
367 | 55 | 45.5 | |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
321 | 305 | 37 | |
 Argentina |
186 | 81,975 | 47.7 | |
 Armenia |
119 | 3,536 | 37.1 | |
 Aruba (Netherlands) |
165 | 170 | 16.6 | |
 Australia |
172 | 42,942 | 31.3 | Notes |
 Austria |
98 | 8,692 | 21.3 | |
 Azerbaijan |
235 | 23,320 | 20.6 | |
 Bahamas |
438 | 1,746 | 42 | |
 Bahrain |
234 | 3,485 | 25.7 | |
 Bangladesh |
53 | 88,424 | 78.2 | |
 Barbados |
300 | 874 | 48.9 | |
 Belarus |
364 | 34,600 | 18.2 | |
 Belgium |
88 | 10,073 | 35.6 | |
 Belize |
356 | 1,297 | 30.1 | |
 Benin |
68 | 7,890 | 75.8 | |
 Bermuda (United Kingdom) |
319 | 209 | 9.6 | |
 Bhutan |
145 | 1,119 | ||
 Bolivia |
156 | 17,946 | 69.9 | |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation |
73 | 1,722 | 12.5 | |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska |
66 | 863 | 11.2 | |
 Botswana |
208 | 4,343 | 24.5 | |
 Brazil |
324 | 690,722 | 35.4 | |
 Brunei Darussalam |
134 | 565 | 7.1 | |
 Bulgaria |
125 | 9,028 | 21.1 | |
 Burkina Faso |
41 | 7,670 | 42 | |
 Burundi |
84 | 10,093 | 51.1 | |
 Cambodia |
176 | 28,414 | 70.6 | |
 Cameroon |
121 | 29,341 | 56 | |
 Canada |
114 | 41,145 | 38.6 | |
 Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) |
298 | 1,542 | 23.3 | |
 Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) |
393 | 253 | 29.6 | |
 Central African Republic |
16 | 764 | 70.2 | |
 Chad |
59 | 8,000 | 63.4 | |
 Chile |
233 | 42,683 | 33.3 | |
 China |
118 | 1,649,804 | Notes | |
 Colombia |
240 | 118,708 | 33.7 | |
 Comoros |
23 | 191 | 29 | |
 Republic of Congo |
27 | 1,240 | 60 | |
 Cook Islands (New Zealand) |
229 | 48 | 14.6 | |
 Costa Rica |
374 | 19,226 | 13.3 | |
 Cote d'Ivoire |
66 | 16,127 | 40.7 | |
 Croatia |
78 | 3,190 | 24.5 | |
 Cuba |
510 | 57,337 | ||
 Curaçao (Netherlands) |
236 | 377 | 41 | |
 Cyprus (Republic of) |
83 | 710 | 33.7 | |
 Czech Republic |
205 | 21,806 | 7.6 | |
 Democratic Republic of Congo |
29 | 20,550 | 73 | |
 Denmark |
63 | 3,635 | 35.5 | |
 Djibouti |
66 | 600 | 20 | |
 Dominica |
289 | 211 | 23.7 | |
 Dominican Republic |
238 | 26,286 | 60.3 | |
 Ecuador |
222 | 37,497 | 34.9 | |
 Egypt |
116 | 106,000 c. | 9.9 | |
 El Salvador |
604 | 38,714 | 29.5 | |
 Equatorial Guinea |
63 | 500 | ||
 Estonia |
195 | 2,575 | 19.8 | |
 Ethiopia |
127 | 113,727 | 14.9 | |
 Faeroe Islands (Denmark) |
12 | 6 | 26.8 | |
 Fiji |
210 | 1,889 | 25.9 | |
 Finland |
51 | 2,842 | 19.2 | |
 France |
104 | 70,710 | 29.7 | |
| French Guiana/Guyane (France) |
249 | 726 | 25.9 | |
 French Polynesia (France) |
199 | 569 | 14.4 | |
 Gabon |
191 | 3,373 | 66.7 | |
 Gambia |
58 | 1,121 | 22.2 | |
 Georgia |
268 | 9,990 | 17.1 | |
 Germany |
75 | 62,194 | 22.6 | |
 Ghana |
51 | 15,063 | 13.8 | |
 Gibraltar (United Kingdom) |
165 | 56 | 26.8 | |
 Greece |
97 | 10,409 | 32.6 | |
 Greenland (Denmark) |
249 | 139 | 32.5 | |
 Grenada |
435 | 465 | 15.2 | |
| Guadeloupe (France) |
216 | 970 | 26.9 | |
 Guam (USA) |
404 | 667 | 45.1 | |
 Guatemala |
141 | 24,386 | 51.8 | |
 Guernsey (United Kingdom) |
165 | 109 | 16.5 | |
 Republic of Guinea |
25 | 3,200 | 65 | |
 Guinea Bissau |
10 | 196 | 67.9 | |
 Guyana |
283 | 2,200 | 35.6 | |
 Haiti |
96 | 10,512 | 71.1 | |
 Honduras |
216 | 18,950 | 53.1 | |
 Hong Kong (China) |
112 | 8,306 | 23.5 | |
 Hungary |
173 | 16,947 | 18.2 | |
 Iceland |
37 | 131 | 17.6 | |
 India |
33 | 419,623 | 67.2 | |
 Indonesia |
93 | 248,389 | 28.6 | |
 Iran |
284 | 230,000 | 25.1 | |
 Iraq |
126 | 45,000 | 35.2 | |
 Ireland, Republic of |
78 | 3,816 | 19 | |
 Isle of Man (United Kingdom) |
125 | 106 | 6.6 | |
 Israel |
236 | 19,325 | 25.2 | |
 Italy |
98 | 59,135 | 33.3 | |
 Jamaica |
138 | 3,866 | 23.1 | |
 Japan |
41 | 51,805 | 10.8 | |
 Jersey (United Kingdom) |
122 | 130 | 26.4 | |
 Jordan |
197 | 15,700 | 44.4 | |
 Kazakhstan |
186 | 33,989 | 17 | |
 Kenya |
108 | 54,000 | 48 | |
 Kiribati |
113 | 129 | 5.4 | |
 Kosovo/Kosova |
95 | 1,648 | 18.1 | |
 Kuwait |
157 | 6,000 | 10 | |
 Kyrgyzstan |
171 | 10,574 | 18.4 | |
 Laos |
119 | 8,201 | 1 | |
 Latvia |
195 | 3,765 | 27.9 | |
 Lebanon |
126 | 6,330 | 64.7 | |
 Lesotho |
92 | 2,073 | 19.5 | |
 Liberia |
47 | 2,211 | 63 | |
 Libya |
99 | 6,187 | 90 | |
 Liechtenstein |
27 | 10 | 37.5 | |
 Lithuania |
235 | 6,544 | 8.8 | |
 Luxembourg |
107 | 650 | 44.5 | |
 Macau (China) |
208 | 1,371 | 18.6 | |
 Madagascar |
82 | 20,954 | 50.8 | |
 Malawi |
80 | 14,795 | 10.8 | |
 Malaysia |
177 | 55,413 | 29.8 | |
 Maldives |
499 | 1,852 | ||
 Mali |
33 | 5,209 | 52.8 | |
 Malta |
133 | 588 | 26.5 | |
 Marshall Islands |
66 | 35 | 11.4 | |
| Martinique (France) |
211 | 814 | 27.3 | |
 Mauritania |
46 | 1,920 | 42.4 | |
 Mauritius |
194 | 2,499 | 41 | |
| Mayotte (France) |
118 | 308 | 56.1 | |
 Mexico |
164 | 204,422 | 39.4 | |
 Micronesia, Federated States of |
127 | 132 | 16.7 | |
 Moldova (Republic of) |
212 | 7,510 | 16.8 | |
 Monaco |
76 | 29 | 59.4 | |
 Mongolia |
102 | 3,099 | 23 | |
 Montenegro |
180 | 1,123 | 28.4 | |
 Morocco |
232 | 82,512 | 40.2 | |
 Mozambique |
61 | 18,185 | 33.1 | |
 Myanmar (formerly Burma) |
145 | 79,668 | 10.8 | |
 Namibia |
295 | 7,400 c. | 54 | |
 Nauru |
140 | 14 | 25 | |
 Nepal |
65 | 18,881 | 58.9 | |
 Netherlands |
61 | 10,464 | 30 | |
 New Caledonia (France) |
193 | 543 | 14.2 | |
 New Zealand |
214 | 10,435 | 30.6 | |
 Nicaragua |
276 | 17,196 | 21.4 | |
 Niger |
53 | 10,383 | 59.8 | |
 Nigeria |
37 | 73,631 | 68.1 | |
 North Macedonia |
141 | 2,931 | 8.5 | |
 Northern Mariana Islands (USA) |
482 | 270 | ||
 Norway |
63 | 3,373 | 22.9 | |
 Oman |
36 | 1,300 | 5.6 | |
 Pakistan |
43 | 83,718 | 69.1 | |
 Palau |
395 | 87 | 4.1 | |
 Panama |
390 | 16,183 | 53 | |
 Papua New Guinea |
63 | 4,945 | 38.3 | |
 Paraguay |
199 | 13,607 | 77.9 | |
 Peru |
270 | 87,995 | 39.8 | |
 Philippines |
179 | 188,278 | 75.1 | |
 Poland |
194 | 73,524 | 10.1 | |
 Portugal |
127 | 13,065 | 16.3 | |
 Puerto Rico (USA) |
313 | 10,475 | 13 | |
 Qatar |
53 | 1,150 | 44 | |
| Reunion (France) |
130 | 1,148 | 14 | |
 Romania |
111 | 21,527 | 8.3 | |
 Russian Federation |
316 | 467,000 | 17.5 | |
 Rwanda |
464 | 61,000 | 6.8 | |
 Samoa |
204 | 400 | 14 | |
 San Marino |
- | 6 | 83.3 | |
 Sao Tome e Principe |
117 | 251 | 33.5 | |
 Saudi Arabia |
197 | 61,000 | 58.7 | |
 Senegal |
76 | 12,500 | 42.1 | |
 Serbia |
154 | 10,807 | 16.2 | |
 Seychelles |
437 | 423 | 16.8 | |
 Sierra Leone |
58 | 4,519 | 30.1 | |
 Singapore |
201 | 11,691 | 11.5 | |
 Sint Maarten |
153 | 62 | 18.1 | |
 Slovakia |
191 | 10,415 | 15.6 | |
 Slovenia |
64 | 1,333 | 23.3 | |
 Solomon Islands |
78 | 477 | 48.2 | |
 South Africa |
280 | 158,111 | 25.8 | |
 Republic of (South) Korea |
109 | 55,198 | 34.5 | |
 South Sudan |
52 | 6,504 | 28.9 | |
 Spain |
126 | 59,087 | 15 | |
 Sri Lanka |
94 | 20,598 | 53.4 | |
 St. Kitts and Nevis |
393 | 220 | 30.5 | |
 St. Lucia |
280 | 527 | 53.5 | |
 St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
426 | 469 | 24.3 | |
 Sudan |
52 | 21,000 | 20.4 | |
 Suriname |
183 | 1,000 | 50 | |
 Swaziland |
282 | 3,610 | 18.1 | |
 Sweden |
59 | 5,979 | 30.6 | |
 Switzerland |
81 | 6,863 | 39.4 | |
 Syria |
60 | 10,599 | 50.5 | |
 Taiwan |
265 | 62,634 | 5.2 | |
 Tajikistan |
121 | 9,317 | 15 | |
 Tanzania |
58 | 31,382 | 53.1 | |
 Thailand |
526 | 364,288 | 18.2 | |
 Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) |
51 | 659 | 23.2 | |
 Togo |
64 | 4,859 | 66.3 | |
 Tonga |
166 | 176 | 7.4 | |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
270 | 3,667 | 60.9 | |
 Tunisia |
181 | 20,755 | 52 | |
 Turkey |
288 | 232,886 | 43.1 | |
 Turkmenistan |
552 | 30,452 | 14 | |
 Tuvalu |
110 | 11 | 0 | |
 Uganda |
129 | 54,059 | 51.6 | |
 Ukraine |
157 | 56,246 | 34.2 | |
 United Arab Emirates |
104 | 9,826 | 38.2 | |
 United Kingdom: England & Wales. |
140 | 83,014 | 11.2 | Notes |
 United Kingdom: Northern Ireland |
76 | 1,435 | 30.4 | Notes |
 United Kingdom: Scotland |
143 | 7,771 | 19.5 | Notes |
 United States of America |
655 | 2,121,600 | 21.6 | Notes |
 Uruguay |
321 | 11,078 | 69.7 | |
 Uzbekistan |
150 | 43,900 | 10 | |
 Vanuatu |
71 | 192 | 22.4 | |
 Venezuela |
178 | 57,096 | 63 | |
 Vietnam |
137 | 130,002 | 12.5 | |
 Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) |
470 | 134 | 37 | |
 Virgin Islands (USA) |
542 | 577 | 36.4 | |
 Yemen |
53 | 14,000 | 70.1 | |
 Zambia |
146 | 25,000 | 28 | |
 Zimbabwe |
120 | 19,521 | 17.1 |