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List of countries by incarceration rate

This is way out of date.

* indicates "Incarceration in LOCATION" or "Crime in LOCATION" links.
Note: For the UK as a whole see #United Kingdom in notes section.

Incarceration populations and rates. From World Prison Brief
Location Region Male (%)[a] Female (%)[1] National (%)[b] Foreign (%)[2] Occupancy (%)[3] Remand (%)[4]
 Afghanistan * Asia 97.4 2.6 99.1 0.9 179.9 31.3
 Albania * Europe 98.0 2.0 98.1 1.9 84.7 50.7
 Algeria Africa 98.5 1.5 96.2 3.8 89.3 12.0
 American Samoa Oceania 95.9 4.1 37.8 62.2 166.2 14.9
 Andorra Europe 91.1 8.9 41.1 58.9 30.3 57.1
 Angola Africa 97.3 2.7 — — 110.8 45.8
 Anguilla Americas 100.0 0.0 70.9 29.1 91.7 45.5
 Antigua and Barbuda Americas 95.2 4.8 69.4 30.6 191.3 37.0
 Argentina * Americas 95.2 4.8 93.5 6.5 122.1 45.9
 Armenia * Asia 96.8 3.2 94.8 5.2 41.1 41.0
 Aruba Americas 96.5 3.5 51.9 48.1 68.4 16.6
 Australia * [Note] Oceania 92.3 7.7 82.9 17.1 112.2 31.9
 Austria * Europe 93.4 6.6 46.8 53.2 95.7 21.0
 Azerbaijan * Asia 97.1 2.9 97.9 2.1 82.7 16.9
 Bahamas Americas 96.9 3.1 — — 177.8 42.0
 Bahrain * Asia 95.3 4.7 76.3 23.7 110.2 25.7
 Bangladesh * Asia 96.1 3.9 99.4 0.6 195.8 81.3
 Barbados Americas 97.4 2.6 86.2 13.8 70.7 54.7
 Belarus Europe 89.2 10.8 96.9 3.1 83.4 16.6
 Belgium * Europe 95.6 4.4 55.8 44.2 120.6 37.6
 Belize * Americas 97.2 2.8 88.9 11.1 87.3 40.0
 Benin * Africa 96.7 3.3 — — 151.3 75.8
 Bermuda Americas 97.1 2.9 88.5 11.5 59.7 20.2
 Bhutan * Asia 95.7 4.3 93.2 6.8 — —
 Bolivia * Americas 92.0 8.0 96.7 3.3 363.9 67.2
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 96.8 3.2 96.4 3.6 102.1 19.8
 Republika Srpska Europe 98.1 1.9 97.6 2.4 50.9 14.4
 Botswana Africa 95.3 4.7 68.4 31.6 100.9 24.5
 Brazil * Americas 95.1 4.9 99.7 0.3 151.9 30.1
 Brunei Asia 88.1 11.9 70.8 29.2 143.8 7.1
 Bulgaria * Europe 97.0 3.0 97.0 3.0 80.9 19.1
 Burkina Faso Africa 98.0 2.0 95.9 4.1 156.6 40.5
 Burundi Africa 94.2 5.8 98.8 1.2 304.3 39.3
 Cambodia * Asia 91.8 8.2 96.3 3.7 206.1 71.9
 Cameroon Africa 97.3 2.7 95.1 4.9 171.4 58.1
 Canada * Americas 94.4 5.6 — — 102.2 39.0
 Cape Verde * Africa 97.1 2.9 — — 109.4 31.7
 Cayman Islands Americas 93.2 6.8 69.2 30.8 102.1 29.6
 Central African Republic Africa 91.8 8.2 — — — 70.2
 Chad Africa 97.6 2.4 98.7 1.3 232.3 63.4
 Chile * Americas 92.9 7.1 96.6 3.4 100.4 35.9
 China * [Note] Asia 91.6 8.4 99.6 0.4 — —
 Colombia * Americas 92.8 7.2 98.7 1.3 121.2 24.1
 Comoros Africa 97.8 2.2 92.3 7.7 161.7 29.0
 Congo Africa 96.3 3.7 — — 616.9 60.0
 Cook Islands Oceania 91.7 8.3 100.0 0.0 50.0 14.6
 Costa Rica * Americas 94.6 5.4 86.9 13.1 129.1 14.4
 Ivory Coast * Africa 97.6 2.4 70.0 30.0 196.9 40.7
 Croatia Europe 94.7 5.3 94.3 5.7 87.1 31.0
 Cuba * [Note] Americas — — — — — —
 Curaçao Americas 96.8 3.2 — — 63.9 41.0
 Cyprus Asia 94.6 5.4 53.7 46.3 108.8 32.4
 Czech Republic * Europe 91.8 8.2 92.0 8.0 97.0 8.0
 DR Congo * Africa 97.0 3.0 — — — 73.0
 Denmark * Europe 95.6 4.4 69.9 30.1 98.9 38.2
 Djibouti Africa 95.0 5.0 — — 171.4 35.8
 Dominica Americas 99.5 0.5 98.1 1.9 73.0 23.7
 Dominican Republic * Americas 97.2 2.8 91.9 8.1 183.2 61.4
 Ecuador * Americas 93.3 6.7 91.9 8.1 133.2 37.0
 Egypt * Africa 96.3 3.7 99.0 1.0 — 9.9
 El Salvador * Americas 92.5 7.5 98.7 1.3 215.2 24.4
 England and Wales * [Note] Europe 96.0 4.0 87.8 12.2 101.4 15.4
 Equatorial Guinea Africa 95.0 5.0 — — — —
 Eritrea [Note] Africa — — — — — —
 Estonia * Europe 96.1 3.9 64.5 35.5 76.6 19.2
 Eswatini Africa 97.1 2.9 94.0 6.0 133.1 18.1
 Ethiopia * Africa 95.8 4.2 — — — 14.9
 Faroe Islands Europe 100.0 0.0 — — 78.2 32.1
 Fiji Oceania 97.5 2.5 98.8 1.2 137.9 24.0
 Finland * Europe 91.7 8.3 82.9 17.1 101.1 23.6
 France * Europe 96.7 3.3 77.9 22.1 103.4 32.4
 French Guiana Americas 92.7 7.3 37.0 63.0 97.9 27.9
 French Polynesia Oceania 95.8 4.2 — — 102.2 19.0
 Gabon Africa 97.8 2.2 — — — 80.2
 Gambia Africa 97.5 2.5 33.3 66.7 172.5 22.2
 Georgia Asia 96.4 3.6 94.1 5.9 78.3 20.7
 Germany * Europe 94.4 5.6 76.0 24.0 78.7 20.6
 Ghana * Africa 98.8 1.2 92.8 7.2 155.5 12.2
 Gibraltar * Europe 92.9 7.1 66.1 33.9 57.1 26.8
 Greece * Europe 95.5 4.5 45.1 54.9 113.2 26.6
 Greenland * Americas 86.2 13.8 99.1 0.9 76.8 31.7
 Grenada Americas 98.6 1.4 96.9 3.1 233.8 20.4
 Guadeloupe * Americas 96.8 3.2 — — 119.6 27.0
 Guam Oceania 92.8 7.2 69.0 31.0 126.2 45.1
 Guatemala * Americas 88.8 11.2 96.8 3.2 372.0 49.6
 Guernsey Europe 94.6 5.4 90.3 9.7 79.1 15.1
 Guinea Africa 97.0 3.0 97.3 2.7 156.8 60.0
 Guinea-Bissau Africa 97.4 2.6 92.9 7.1 102.2 67.9
 Guyana * Americas 97.2 2.8 98.5 1.5 142.4 39.5
 Haiti * Americas 95.8 4.2 — — 454.4 75.0
 Honduras * Americas 94.3 5.7 98.7 1.3 204.0 54.1
 Hong Kong * Asia 79.9 20.1 70.1 29.9 74.0 29.9
 Hungary * Europe 92.3 7.7 95.1 4.9 111.6 16.6
 Iceland Europe 92.4 7.6 78.5 21.5 68.2 13.2
 India * Asia 95.8 4.2 98.8 1.2 118.5 69.1
 Indonesia * Asia 95.0 5.0 99.6 0.4 188.7 19.4
 Iran * Asia 96.9 3.1 97.1 2.9 153.0 25.1
 Iraq Asia 97.4 2.6 — — 139.2 35.2
 Ireland Europe 96.1 3.9 86.4 13.6 85.8 17.5
 Isle of Man Europe 95.3 4.7 91.5 8.5 76.8 6.6
 Israel * Asia 99.0 1.0 61.1 38.9 80.1 25.2
 Italy * Europe 95.8 4.2 67.8 32.2 106.2 31.3
 Jamaica * Americas 96.1 3.9 98.9 1.1 88.8 32.3
 Japan * Asia 91.8 8.2 94.3 5.7 56.6 12.1
 Jersey Europe 95.7 4.3 74.8 25.2 69.5 28.1
 Jordan * Asia 97.8 2.2 90.1 9.9 150.2 36.9
 Kazakhstan * Asia 92.9 7.1 94.2 5.8 62.4 19.7
 Kenya * Africa 93.3 6.7 99.4 0.6 190.5 44.1
 Kiribati Oceania 99.2 0.8 100.0 0.0 112.8 5.4
 Kosovo * Europe 97.3 2.7 94.3 5.7 97.1 29.6
 Kuwait * Asia 94.2 5.8 86.5 13.5 134.1 10.0
 Kyrgyzstan Asia 95.8 4.2 96.8 3.2 61.7 16.6
 Laos * Asia 86.3 13.7 — — — 67.0
 Latvia * Europe 91.4 8.6 98.1 1.9 68.8 27.8
 Lebanon Asia 96.8 3.2 64.0 36.0 286.6 62.9
 Lesotho * Africa 96.4 3.6 99.1 0.9 70.6 19.5
 Liberia * Africa 97.2 2.8 98.0 2.0 222.1 64.0
 Libya Africa 98.8 1.2 87.2 12.8 141.6 90.0
 Liechtenstein Europe 100.0 0.0 25.0 75.0 45.0 75.0
 Lithuania Europe 95.3 4.7 97.9 2.1 83.2 11.8
 Luxembourg Europe 95.2 4.8 25.3 74.7 73.7 41.0
 Macau * Asia 87.8 12.2 29.3 70.7 82.8 18.9
 Madagascar Africa 94.2 5.8 99.9 0.1 237.4 56.8
 Malawi Africa 98.9 1.1 99.8 0.2 200.9 17.8
 Malaysia * Asia 95.5 4.5 79.5 20.5 131.9 26.7
 Maldives * Asia 95.7 4.3 98.9 1.1 127.7 —
 Mali Africa 97.2 2.8 — — 223.3 52.8
 Malta Europe 92.9 7.1 44.3 55.7 88.6 33.9
 Marshall Islands Oceania 100.0 0.0 — — 97.2 11.4
 Martinique Americas 97.1 2.9 — — 96.9 37.0
 Mauritania * Africa 98.2 1.8 88.8 11.2 101.8 38.2
 Mauritius * Africa 93.9 6.1 93.6 6.4 116.9 59.4
 Mayotte Africa 99.7 0.3 — — 127.5 56.5
 Mexico * Americas 94.5 5.5 98.8 1.2 98.2 41.7
 Micronesia Oceania 100.0 0.0 — — 88.0 16.7
 Moldova * Europe 94.2 5.8 98.8 1.2 97.7 15.3
 Monaco Europe 85.7 14.3 4.8 95.2 9.5 76.2
 Mongolia Asia 95.2 4.8 99.6 0.4 124.4 26.6
 Montenegro * Europe 97.4 2.6 84.7 15.3 80.3 29.2
 Morocco Africa 97.7 2.3 98.6 1.4 136.9 39.1
 Mozambique Africa 97.1 2.9 98.5 1.5 210.7 33.1
 Myanmar * Asia 87.7 12.3 99.3 0.7 139.4 15.1
 Namibia * Africa 97.1 2.9 94.5 5.5 72.7 54.0
 Nauru * Oceania 92.9 7.1 93.3 6.7 14.0 25.0
 Nepal * Asia 94.4 5.6 94.7 5.3 153.7 55.1
 Netherlands Europe 94.5 5.5 77.1 22.9 74.4 29.2
 New Caledonia Oceania 98.9 1.1 — — 106.3 12.1
 New Zealand * Oceania 93.4 6.6 97.0 3.0 93.8 36.5
 Nicaragua Americas 94.6 5.4 97.1 2.9 177.6 21.4
 Niger Africa 96.8 3.2 — — 101.6 53.8
 Nigeria * Africa 98.1 1.9 99.7 0.3 146.8 72.7
 North Korea * [Note] Asia — — — — — —
 North Macedonia Europe 96.7 3.3 93.3 6.7 72.0 13.7
 Northern Ireland * [Note] Europe 97.3 2.7 88.4 11.6 79.9 34.1
 Northern Mariana Islands Oceania 94.2 5.8 — — 53.8 —
 Norway * Europe 93.7 6.3 71.0 29.0 73.0 25.2
 Oman * Asia 95.5 4.5 69.7 30.3 — 5.6
 Pakistan * Asia 98.4 1.6 98.8 1.2 133.8 62.1
 Palau Oceania 95.7 4.3 93.5 6.5 162.1 4.1
 Panama * Americas 94.8 5.2 89.9 10.1 124.6 39.2
 Papua New Guinea * Oceania 95.1 4.9 99.6 0.4 116.5 34.4
 Paraguay * Americas 94.1 5.9 95.8 4.2 143.1 77.3
 Peru * Americas 94.5 5.5 97.6 2.4 240.3 37.0
 Philippines * Asia 89.0 11.0 99.7 0.3 463.6 75.1
 Poland * Europe 95.4 4.6 98.2 1.8 84.3 12.8
 Portugal * Europe 93.0 7.0 85.0 15.0 88.9 19.0
 Puerto Rico * Americas 96.3 3.7 — — 86.3 13.1
 Qatar * Asia 85.3 14.7 26.7 73.3 — 44.0
 South Korea * Asia 92.7 7.3 95.3 4.7 112.0 35.1
 Réunion Africa 97.4 2.6 — — 89.1 21.5
 Romania * Europe 95.4 4.6 99.0 1.0 120.5 10.4
 Russia * Europe 91.7 8.3 93.8 6.2 67.8 23.3
 Rwanda Africa 92.6 7.4 99.7 0.3 101.3 7.5
 Samoa Oceania 94.0 6.0 99.5 0.5 121.2 14.0
 San Marino Europe 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 16.7 0.0
 São Tomé and Príncipe Africa 96.0 4.0 99.2 0.8 126.5 32.8
 Saudi Arabia * Asia 98.1 1.9 51.0 49.0 — 48.3
 Scotland * [Note] Europe 96.0 4.0 96.1 3.9 86.6 26.5
 Senegal Africa 97.3 2.7 89.3 10.7 129.7 39.7
 Serbia * Europe 95.9 4.1 97.1 2.9 105.6 15.6
 Seychelles Africa 93.7 6.3 98.7 1.3 53.8 12.5
 Sierra Leone Africa 98.5 1.5 99.5 0.5 220.2 29.5
 Singapore * Asia 88.9 11.1 89.0 11.0 79.2 10.6
 Sint Maarten Americas 95.0 5.0 79.8 20.2 125.4 18.1
 Slovakia * Europe 92.6 7.4 98.0 2.0 89.6 15.3
 Slovenia * Europe 95.2 4.8 70.2 29.8 84.4 26.0
 Solomon Islands Oceania 98.3 1.7 99.0 1.0 77.7 46.8
 Somalia [Note] Africa — — — — — —
 South Africa * Africa 97.4 2.6 92.5 7.5 124.8 35.7
 South Sudan Africa 89.1 10.9 — — — 28.9
 Spain * Europe 92.6 7.4 71.9 28.1 77.9 16.0
 Sri Lanka * Asia 95.1 4.9 98.6 1.4 190.6 58.9
 Saint Kitts and Nevis * Americas 96.4 3.6 97.9 2.1 144.0 30.5
 Saint Lucia * Americas 97.5 2.5 97.0 3.0 105.4 53.5
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Americas 96.6 3.4 96.2 3.8 79.8 24.3
 Sudan * Africa 98.0 2.0 99.0 1.0 255.3 20.4
 Suriname * Americas 97.2 2.8 80.7 19.3 75.2 50.0
 Sweden * Europe 94.4 5.6 77.9 22.1 101.6 27.2
 Switzerland * Europe 94.2 5.8 30.4 69.6 93.5 42.2
 Syria Asia 92.6 7.4 92.7 7.3 65.6 50.5
 Taiwan * Asia 91.0 9.0 99.3 0.7 114.8 4.1
 Tajikistan Asia 98.4 1.6 95.1 4.9 61.5 15.0
 Tanzania Africa 96.6 3.4 96.3 3.7 115.7 51.0
 Thailand * Asia 87.8 12.2 95.6 4.4 339.1 19.2
 East Timor Asia 95.9 4.1 96.2 3.8 185.3 23.2
 Togo Africa 97.0 3.0 94.8 5.2 194.0 64.2
 Tonga * Oceania 95.5 4.5 100.0 0.0 81.5 7.4
 Trinidad and Tobago * Americas 97.1 2.9 99.2 0.8 81.8 59.7
 Tunisia Africa 97.2 2.8 — — 118.5 57.0
 Turkey * Asia 96.1 3.9 96.7 3.3 125.6 43.1
 Turkmenistan Asia 93.5 6.5 99.3 0.7 85.0 14.0
 Tuvalu * Oceania 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 — 0.0
 Uganda Africa 95.5 4.5 97.7 2.3 319.2 49.8
 Ukraine * Europe 96.1 3.9 98.3 1.7 68.3 37.2
 United Arab Emirates * Asia 88.3 11.7 12.2 87.8 158.9 38.2
 United States * [Note] Americas 89.8 10.2 92.7 7.3 95.6 23.3
 Uruguay Americas 94.6 5.4 97.2 2.8 99.3 22.3
 Uzbekistan Asia — — — — 80.0 10.0
 Vanuatu Oceania 97.5 2.5 97.5 2.5 106.7 15.3
 Venezuela * Americas 94.3 5.7 97.8 2.2 167.7 61.3
 Vietnam * Asia 89.3 10.7 99.6 0.4 — 12.4
 British Virgin Islands Americas 95.5 4.5 — — 90.0 37.0
 U.S. Virgin Islands Americas 97.3 2.7 84.3 15.7 162.5 36.4
 Yemen * Asia 98.4 1.6 96.8 3.2 — 70.1
 Zambia Africa 97.0 3.0 97.9 2.1 247.8 17.6
 Zimbabwe * Africa 97.6 2.4 98.1 1.9 129.4 18.6
  1. ^ 100 - female
  2. ^ 100 - foreign

Territories or other subnational areas edit

To keep the above chart compact the country names were stripped from the territories or other subnational areas. Here is that info as provided by World Prison Brief:

Territory or other subnational area.  
  American Samoa (USA)
  Anguilla (United Kingdom)
  Aruba (Netherlands)
  Bermuda (United Kingdom)
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska
  Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)
  Cook Islands (New Zealand)
  Curaçao (Netherlands)
  Faeroe Islands (Denmark)
  French Guiana/Guyane (France)
  French Polynesia (France)
  Gibraltar (United Kingdom)
  Greenland (Denmark)
  Guadeloupe (France)
  Guam (USA)
  Guernsey (United Kingdom)
  Hong Kong (China)
  Jersey (United Kingdom)
  Macau (China)
  Martinique (France)
  Mayotte (France)
  New Caledonia (France)
  Northern Mariana Islands (USA)
  Puerto Rico (USA)
  Reunion (France)
  Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
  United Kingdom: England & Wales
  United Kingdom: Northern Ireland
  United Kingdom: Scotland
  United States of America
  Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)
  Virgin Islands (USA)
  1. ^ "Highest to Lowest - Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) | World Prison Brief". www.prisonstudies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  2. ^ "Highest to Lowest - Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) | World Prison Brief". www.prisonstudies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  3. ^ "Highest to Lowest - Occupancy level (based on official capacity) | World Prison Brief". www.prisonstudies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  4. ^ "Highest to Lowest - Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners | World Prison Brief". www.prisonstudies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
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