DEFINITION
Total number of adult prisons, penal or correctional institutions (excluding temporary jail lock-ups).
Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report
crime, than actual prevalence. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000
population.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 |
Maldives: |
2.21996 per 1,000 people |
|
| #2 |
Czech Republic: |
2.07646 per 1,000 people |
|
| #3 |
Papua New Guinea: |
1.70857 per 1,000 people |
|
| #4 |
Hong Kong: |
1.53544 per 1,000 people |
|
| #5 |
Malaysia: |
1.09773 per 1,000 people |
|
| #6 |
Montserrat: |
0.107055 per 1,000 people |
|
| #7 |
Switzerland: |
0.0224329 per 1,000 people |
|
| #8 |
Iceland: |
0.0168499 per 1,000 people |
|
| #9 |
Dominica: |
0.0144867 per 1,000 people |
|
| #10 |
Botswana: |
0.0121951 per 1,000 people |
|
| #11 |
Denmark: |
0.0103093 per 1,000 people |
|
| #12 |
Norway: |
0.0100152 per 1,000 people |
|
| #13 |
Turkey: |
0.00801022 per 1,000 people |
|
| #14 |
Mauritius: |
0.00731113 per 1,000 people |
|
| #15 |
Chile: |
0.00700832 per 1,000 people |
|
| #16 |
Suriname: |
0.00684706 per 1,000 people |
|
| #17 |
Panama: |
0.0066879 per 1,000 people |
|
| #18 |
Latvia: |
0.00655022 per 1,000 people |
|
| #19 |
Canada: |
0.00646243 per 1,000 people |
|
| #20 |
Portugal: |
0.00605716 per 1,000 people |
|
| #21 |
Finland: |
0.0053609 per 1,000 people |
|
| #22 |
United States: |
0.00526825 per 1,000 people |
|
| #23 |
Estonia: |
0.00525131 per 1,000 people |
|
| #24 |
Russia: |
0.0051527 per 1,000 people |
|
| #25 |
South Africa: |
0.00496121 per 1,000 people |
|
| #26 |
Australia: |
0.00487805 per 1,000 people |
|
| #27 |
New Zealand: |
0.0047088 per 1,000 people |
|
| #28 |
Zambia: |
0.0046173 per 1,000 people |
|
| #29 |
Bulgaria: |
0.00442953 per 1,000 people |
|
| #30 |
Mexico: |
0.00418067 per 1,000 people |
|
| #31 |
Moldova: |
0.0040404 per 1,000 people |
|
| #32 |
Italy: |
0.0039757 per 1,000 people |
|
| #33 |
Colombia: |
0.00391116 per 1,000 people |
|
| #34 |
Lithuania: |
0.00389213 per 1,000 people |
|
| #35 |
United Kingdom: |
0.00387154 per 1,000 people |
|
| #36 |
Azerbaijan: |
0.00379171 per 1,000 people |
|
| #37 |
Georgia: |
0.00363481 per 1,000 people |
|
| #38 |
Dominican Republic: |
0.00353591 per 1,000 people |
|
| #39 |
Ireland: |
0.00348606 per 1,000 people |
|
| #40 |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
0.00342298 per 1,000 people |
|
| #41 |
Slovakia: |
0.00331431 per 1,000 people |
|
| #42 |
Zimbabwe: |
0.0032892 per 1,000 people |
|
| #43 |
Slovenia: |
0.00298359 per 1,000 people |
|
| #44 |
Hungary: |
0.00289797 per 1,000 people |
|
| #45 |
Ukraine: |
0.00272358 per 1,000 people |
|
| #46 |
Germany: |
0.00269316 per 1,000 people |
|
| #47 |
Belarus: |
0.00262136 per 1,000 people |
|
| #48 |
Jamaica: |
0.00255848 per 1,000 people |
|
| #49 |
Netherlands: |
0.00243798 per 1,000 people |
|
| #50 |
Thailand: |
0.00208768 per 1,000 people |
|
| #51 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
0.00194326 per 1,000 people |
|
| #52 |
Romania: |
0.00165696 per 1,000 people |
|
| #53 |
Indonesia: |
0.00149603 per 1,000 people |
|
| #54 |
Sri Lanka: |
0.0014453 per 1,000 people |
|
| #55 |
Japan: |
0.00142838 per 1,000 people |
|
| #56 |
Cyprus: |
0.00128183 per 1,000 people |
|
| #57 |
Venezuela: |
0.00122167 per 1,000 people |
|
| #58 |
Qatar: |
0.00115868 per 1,000 people |
|
| #59 |
Saudi Arabia: |
0.00113559 per 1,000 people |
|
| #60 |
Oman: |
0.000666223 per 1,000 people |
|
| #61 |
Korea, South: |
0.000616764 per 1,000 people |
|
| #62 |
Kazakhstan: |
0.00019755 per 1,000 people |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
0.1 per 1,000 people |
|
DEFINITION: Total number of adult prisons, penal or correctional institutions (excluding temporary jail lock-ups).
Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report
crime, than actual prevalence. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000
population.
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