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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)
DEFINITION
Total number of police Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Crime Statistics > Police (per capita) (most recent) by country
Showing latest available data.
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Countries
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Amount
(top to bottom)
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| #1 | Montserrat: | 7.81501 per 1,000 people | |
| #2 | Mauritius: | 7.28432 per 1,000 people | |
| #3 | Dominica: | 6.40311 per 1,000 people | |
| #4 | Italy: | 5.55565 per 1,000 people | |
| #5 | Hong Kong: | 4.79374 per 1,000 people | |
| #6 | Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: | 4.7868 per 1,000 people | |
| #7 | Portugal: | 4.64878 per 1,000 people | |
| #8 | Kazakhstan: | 4.54998 per 1,000 people | |
| #9 | Latvia: | 4.51878 per 1,000 people | |
| #10 | Czech Republic: | 4.47613 per 1,000 people | |
| #11 | Slovakia: | 3.72086 per 1,000 people | |
| #12 | Lithuania: | 3.53934 per 1,000 people | |
| #13 | Malaysia: | 3.43936 per 1,000 people | |
| #14 | Thailand: | 3.35665 per 1,000 people | |
| #15 | Kyrgyzstan: | 3.25049 per 1,000 people | |
| #16 | Slovenia: | 3.14023 per 1,000 people | |
| #17 | Moldova: | 3.01481 per 1,000 people | |
| #18 | Germany: | 2.91153 per 1,000 people | |
| #19 | Ireland: | 2.8989 per 1,000 people | |
| #20 | Hungary: | 2.88528 per 1,000 people | |
| #21 | Spain: | 2.86696 per 1,000 people | |
| #22 | South Africa: | 2.7668 per 1,000 people | |
| #23 | Estonia: | 2.72543 per 1,000 people | |
| #24 | Poland: | 2.61367 per 1,000 people | |
| #25 | Jamaica: | 2.57054 per 1,000 people | |
| #26 | Georgia: | 2.46034 per 1,000 people | |
| #27 | Norway: | 2.42412 per 1,000 people | |
| #28 | Turkey: | 2.38057 per 1,000 people | |
| #29 | Iceland: | 2.24441 per 1,000 people | |
| #30 | Romania: | 2.18728 per 1,000 people | |
| #31 | Colombia: | 2.12215 per 1,000 people | |
| #32 | Australia: | 2.09293 per 1,000 people | |
| #33 | France: | 2.049 per 1,000 people | |
| #34 | United Kingdom: | 2.04871 per 1,000 people | |
| #35 | Switzerland: | 1.93617 per 1,000 people | |
| #36 | Netherlands: | 1.92448 per 1,000 people | |
| #37 | Denmark: | 1.91716 per 1,000 people | |
| #38 | Chile: | 1.85583 per 1,000 people | |
| #39 | Korea, South: | 1.85461 per 1,000 people | |
| #40 | Japan: | 1.81103 per 1,000 people | |
| #41 | Sri Lanka: | 1.72484 per 1,000 people | |
| #42 | Canada: | 1.70767 per 1,000 people | |
| #43 | Zimbabwe: | 1.68859 per 1,000 people | |
| #44 | Finland: | 1.56347 per 1,000 people | |
| #45 | Zambia: | 1.13674 per 1,000 people | |
| #46 | Papua New Guinea: | 0.985032 per 1,000 people | |
| #47 | India: | 0.956207 per 1,000 people | |
| #48 | Costa Rica: | 0.370767 per 1,000 people | |
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Weighted average: |
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DEFINITION: Total number of police 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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