DEFINITION
The percentage of the prison
population that is being held pre-trial / on remand. Data for 2003.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 | Paraguay: | 92.7% | |
| #2 | Haiti: | 83.5% | |
| #3 | Dominican Republic: | 79.8% | |
| #4 | Honduras: | 78.5% | |
| #5 | Andorra: | 77% | |
| #6 | Mozambique: | 72.9% | |
| #7 | Uruguay: | 72.5% | |
| #8 | India: | 70.4% | |
| #9 | Ecuador: | 69.9% | |
| #10 | Mali: | 67.2% | |
| #11 | Peru: | 67.2% | |
| #12 | Pakistan: | 66.1% | |
| #13 | Saudi Arabia: | 65.8% | |
| #14 | Uganda: | 65.7% | |
| #15 | Madagascar: | 65.4% | |
| #16 | Benin: | 64.5% | |
| #17 | Nigeria: | 63% | |
| #18 | Libya: | 62.6% | |
| #19 | Bangladesh: | 60.3% | |
| #20 | Nepal: | 59.8% | |
| #21 | Burundi: | 59.4% | |
| #22 | Angola: | 58.9% | |
| #23 | Sao Tome and Principe: | 58.5% | |
| #24 | Burkina Faso: | 58.3% | |
| #25 | Guatemala: | 58% | |
| #26 | Djibouti: | 57.2% | |
| #27 | Togo: | 55.4% | |
| #28 | Lebanon: | 55.2% | |
| #29 | Panama: | 55% | |
| #30 | Argentina: | 54% | |
| #31 | Venezuela: | 52.1% | |
| #32 | Sri Lanka: | 51.6% | |
| #33 | Guinea: | 51.3% | |
| #34 | Turkey: | 51% | |
| #35 | El Salvador: | 49.7% | |
| #36 | Swaziland: | 49.6% | |
| #37 | Cameroon: | 49.2% | |
| #38 | Tanzania: | 49% | |
| #39 | Albania: | 44.9% | |
| #40 | Luxembourg: | 43.6% | |
| #41 | Dominica: | 43.4% | |
| #42 | Switzerland: | 43% | |
| #43 | Jordan: | 41.8% | |
| #44 | Suriname: | 41.4% | |
| #45 | Colombia: | 41.1% | |
| #46 | Morocco: | 40.7% | |
| #47 | Chile: | 40.4% | |
| #48 | Indonesia: | 39.7% | |
| #49 | Costa Rica: | 39.5% | |
| #50 | Kenya: | 39.4% | |
| #51 | Liechtenstein: | 38.9% | |
| #52 | Georgia: | 38.7% | |
| #53 | Philippines: | 38.2% | |
| #54 | France: | 37.4% | |
| #55 | Italy: | 37% | |
| #56 | Belgium: | 36.7% | |
| #57 | Algeria: | 36.1% | |
| #58 | Bolivia: | 36% | |
| #59 | Latvia: | 35.9% | |
| #60 | Qatar: | 35.5% | |
| #61 | Lesotho: | 35.3% | |
| #62 | Papua New Guinea: | 35.2% | |
| #63 | Marshall Islands: | 34.8% | |
| #64 | Croatia: | 33.8% | |
| #65 | Slovakia: | 33.1% | |
| #66 | Malta: | 33.1% | |
| #67 | Senegal: | 33.1% | |
| #68 | Armenia: | 32.1% | |
| #69 | Netherlands: | 31.3% | |
| #70 | Solomon Islands: | 31.3% | |
| #71 | Nicaragua: | 30.8% | |
| #72 | Malaysia: | 30.7% | |
| #73 | Cambodia: | 30.5% | |
| #74 | Zimbabwe: | 29.6% | |
| #75 | Denmark: | 29.5% | |
| #76 | Bahrain: | 29.3% | |
| #77 | Trinidad and Tobago: | 29.2% | |
| #78 | Greece: | 28.5% | |
| #79 | Saint Lucia: | 28.4% | |
| #80 | South Africa: | 28.3% | |
| #81 | Brazil: | 28.1% | |
| #82 | Guyana: | 27.7% | |
| #83 | Austria: | 26.8% | |
| #84 | Thailand: | 26.4% | |
| #85 | Portugal: | 25.8% | |
| #86 | Poland: | 25.6% | |
| #87 | Zambia: | 25.5% | |
| #88 | Slovenia: | 25.5% | |
| #89 | Iran: | 24.8% | |
| #90 | Ghana: | 24.5% | |
| #91 | Estonia: | 23.7% | |
| #92 | Malawi: | 23.5% | |
| #93 | Bahamas, The: | 22.7% | |
| #94 | Tunisia: | 22.7% | |
| #95 | Barbados: | 22.6% | |
| #96 | Chad: | 22.6% | |
| #97 | Hungary: | 22.4% | |
| #98 | Norway: | 22.1% | |
| #99 | Spain: | 21.9% | |
| #100 | Saint Kitts and Nevis: | 21.5% | |
| #101 | Ukraine: | 21.4% | |
| #102 | Germany: | 21.2% | |
| #103 | Canada: | 21.1% | |
| #104 | Australia: | 21.1% | |
| #105 | Sweden: | 20.7% | |
| #106 | Mongolia: | 20% | |
| #107 | United States: | 20% | |
| #108 | Botswana: | 19.6% | |
| #109 | Romania: | 18.5% | |
| #110 | Bulgaria: | 18.5% | |
| #111 | Gambia, The: | 18.5% | |
| #112 | Czech Republic: | 18.3% | |
| #113 | New Zealand: | 18.3% | |
| #114 | Belarus: | 17.5% | |
| #115 | Japan: | 17.3% | |
| #116 | Kyrgyzstan: | 17.1% | |
| #117 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: | 16.9% | |
| #118 | Russia: | 16.9% | |
| #119 | Lithuania: | 16.9% | |
| #120 | Israel: | 15.5% | |
| #121 | Grenada: | 15.2% | |
| #122 | Kazakhstan: | 15.1% | |
| #123 | Fiji: | 13.7% | |
| #124 | Cyprus: | 13.2% | |
| #125 | Finland: | 12.7% | |
| #126 | Belize: | 12.2% | |
| #127 | Singapore: | 11.8% | |
| #128 | Uzbekistan: | 11.5% | |
| #129 | Jamaica: | 11.4% | |
| #130 | Azerbaijan: | 10.8% | |
| #131 | Vanuatu: | 8.6% | |
| #132 | Iceland: | 7.1% | |
| #133 | Tonga: | 5.3% | |
| #134 | Namibia: | 5.2% | |
| #135 | Mexico: | 4.6% | |
| #136 | Mauritius: | 4% | |
| #137 | Rwanda: | 2.4% | |
| #138 | Kiribati: | 1.8% | |
| #139 | Seychelles: | 1.3% | |
| #140 | United Arab Emirates: | 0% | |
| #141 | Comoros: | 0% | |
| #142 | Sudan: | 0% | |
| #143 | Tajikistan: | 0% | |
| |
Weighted average: |
34.3% |
|
DEFINITION: The percentage of the prison
population that is being held pre-trial / on remand. Data for 2003.