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This is way out of date.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.
Location | Region | Male (%)[a] | Female (%)[1] | National (%)[b] | Foreign (%)[2] | Occupancy (%)[3] | Remand (%)[4] |
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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 |
Territories or other subnational areas
editTo 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:
- ^ "Highest to Lowest - Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) | World Prison Brief". www.prisonstudies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ "Highest to Lowest - Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) | World Prison Brief". www.prisonstudies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ "Highest to Lowest - Occupancy level (based on official capacity) | World Prison Brief". www.prisonstudies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ "Highest to Lowest - Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners | World Prison Brief". www.prisonstudies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-09.