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Crime Statistics > Convicted (per capita) (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1  Cyprus:94.7056 per 1,000 people 
#2  Egypt:46.1385 per 1,000 people 
#3  Finland:33.1495 per 1,000 people 
#4  New Zealand:23.7259 per 1,000 people 
#5  United Kingdom:23.1345 per 1,000 people 
#6  Montserrat:17.8782 per 1,000 people 
#7  France:17.6331 per 1,000 people 
#8  Chile:14.1826 per 1,000 people 
#9  Turkey:13.9551 per 1,000 people 
#10  Hungary:9.51464 per 1,000 people 
#11  Switzerland:9.39177 per 1,000 people 
#12  Canada:9.02033 per 1,000 people 
#13  Russia:8.2529 per 1,000 people 
#14  Iceland:8.17559 per 1,000 people 
#15  Estonia:7.69767 per 1,000 people 
#16  Thailand:7.30664 per 1,000 people 
#17  Dominica:7.1709 per 1,000 people 
#18  Spain:6.88126 per 1,000 people 
#19  Germany:6.61698 per 1,000 people 
#20  Czech Republic:6.17235 per 1,000 people 
#21  Netherlands:6.13537 per 1,000 people 
#22  Lithuania:5.74924 per 1,000 people 
#23  Zimbabwe:5.61426 per 1,000 people 
#24  Belarus:5.54116 per 1,000 people 
#25  Latvia:5.54105 per 1,000 people 
#26  Italy:5.30609 per 1,000 people 
#27  Syria:5.26538 per 1,000 people 
#28  Kazakhstan:5.13526 per 1,000 people 
#29  Portugal:5.08064 per 1,000 people 
#30  Ukraine:4.91314 per 1,000 people 
#31  Qatar:4.18284 per 1,000 people 
#32  Slovakia:4.11766 per 1,000 people 
#33  Bulgaria:4.08121 per 1,000 people 
#34  Romania:4.00461 per 1,000 people 
#35  Kyrgyzstan:3.91916 per 1,000 people 
#36  Croatia:3.83741 per 1,000 people 
#37  Korea, South:3.60484 per 1,000 people 
#38  Moldova:3.58429 per 1,000 people 
#39  Slovenia:3.42864 per 1,000 people 
#40  Hong Kong:3.23945 per 1,000 people 
#41  Norway:2.34749 per 1,000 people 
#42  Malaysia:2.14725 per 1,000 people 
#43  Colombia:1.98305 per 1,000 people 
#44  Azerbaijan:1.84593 per 1,000 people 
#45  Georgia:1.77122 per 1,000 people 
#46  Uruguay:1.4274 per 1,000 people 
#47  Panama:1.28312 per 1,000 people 
#48  Mexico:1.15422 per 1,000 people 
#49  Albania:1.14791 per 1,000 people 
#50  Costa Rica:0.748257 per 1,000 people 
#51  Japan:0.609173 per 1,000 people 
#52  India:0.559629 per 1,000 people 
#53  Indonesia:0.478213 per 1,000 people 
#54  Dominican Republic:0.380331 per 1,000 people 
#55  Zambia:0.172882 per 1,000 people 
#56  Papua New Guinea:0.159603 per 1,000 people 
Weighted average: 8.6 per 1,000 people  


DEFINITION: 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.

SOURCE: Seventh United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems, covering the period 1998 - 2000 (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)

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