<< 2016Persons held in detention rate per 100,000 population 2017
<< 2016Comparison: Total prison population
| Countries | Date | Persons in detention | Rate in detention per 100.000 | Ch. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States [+] | 2016 | 2,162,400 | 671.07 | -1.19% | |
| Germany [+] | 2017 | 62,902 | 76.60 | -2.45% | |
| France [+] | 2017 | 68,974 | 106.15 | 0.37% | |
| Japan [+] | 2017 | 51,805 | 40.64 | -7.29% | |
| Spain [+] | 2017 | 58,814 | 126.88 | -1.18% | |
| Italy [+] | 2017 | 59,655 | 100.50 | 6.69% | |
| Portugal [+] | 2017 | 13,587 | 131.53 | -1.91% | |
| Greece [+] | 2017 | 10,011 | 89.70 | 5.04% | |
| Ireland [+] | 2017 | 3,738 | 78.50 | 0.08% | |
| Andorra [+] | 2017 | 52 | 67.53 | 11.83% | |
| United Arab Emirates [+] | 2014 | 9,826 | 108.32 | -2.04% | |
| Afghanistan [+] | 2017 | 30,000 | 84.44 | 4.30% | |
| Antigua and Barbuda [+] | 2017 | 305 | 299.02 | -18.63% | |
| Albania [+] | 2017 | 5,674 | 193.65 | -6.01% | |
| Armenia [+] | 2017 | 3,536 | 120.68 | -8.02% | |
| Angola [+] | 2016 | 24,000 | 83.18 | -4.10% | |
| Argentina [+] | 2017 | 85,283 | 192.64 | 10.73% | |
| Austria [+] | 2017 | 8,692 | 99.51 | 0.44% | |
| Australia [+] | 2017 | 41,202 | 168.51 | 4.63% | |
| Azerbaijan [+] | 2017 | 23,319 | 237.27 | -1.13% | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina [+] | 2016 | 2,832 | 80.26 | 3.96% | |
| Barbados [+] | 2017 | 874 | 305.59 | -8.96% | |
| Bangladesh [+] | 2017 | 88,424 | 53.70 | 19.55% | |
| Belgium [+] | 2017 | 10,073 | 88.14 | -9.61% | |
| Burkina Faso [+] | 2016 | 7,670 | 41.08 | -1.37% | |
| Bulgaria [+] | 2017 | 6,988 | 98.63 | -4.26% | |
| Bahrain [+] | 2017 | 3,485 | 233.42 | -15.62% | |
| Burundi [+] | 2017 | 10,093 | 92.90 | -3.24% | |
| Benin [+] | 2017 | 7,801 | 69.80 | 1.60% | |
| Brunei [+] | 2015 | 565 | 135.32 | -6.21% | |
| Bolivia [+] | 2017 | 17,946 | 162.38 | 10.24% | |
| Brazil [+] | 2017 | 700,489 | 334.70 | -4.41% | |
| Bahamas [+] | 2016 | 1,746 | 446.73 | 22.30% | |
| Bhutan [+] | 2014 | 1,119 | 144.12 | 1.70% | |
| Botswana [+] | 2017 | 4,343 | 189.49 | -2.55% | |
| Belarus [+] | 2017 | 32,500 | 343.26 | 9.34% | |
| Belize [+] | 2017 | 1,297 | 345.87 | -33.12% | |
| Canada [+] | 2016 | 41,145 | 113.41 | -0.91% | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo [+] | 2015 | 20,550 | 26.97 | -15.44% | |
| Central African Republic [+] | 2015 | 764 | 16.81 | -10.69% | |
| Republic of the Congo [+] | 2014 | 1,240 | 25.46 | -19.36% | |
| Switzerland [+] | 2017 | 6,564 | 77.44 | -0.67% | |
| Ivory Coast [+] | 2017 | 13,767 | 56.67 | 20.10% | |
| Chile [+] | 2017 | 41,762 | 231.30 | -15.35% | |
| Cameroon [+] | 2016 | 29,341 | 125.07 | 1.56% | |
| China [+] | 2016 | 1,561,086 | 111.30 | -3.08% | |
| Colombia [+] | 2017 | 119,491 | 243.53 | -0.09% | |
| Costa Rica [+] | 2017 | 14,224 | 289.93 | 5.54% | |
| Cuba [+] | 2012 | 57,337 | 503.75 | -5.16% | |
| Cape Verde [+] | 2017 | 1,542 | 282.42 | -2.84% | |
| Cyprus [+] | 2017 | 592 | 50.17 | 0.19% | |
| Czech Republic [+] | 2017 | 22,159 | 208.69 | -1.51% | |
| Djibouti [+] | 2016 | 600 | 63.70 | -1.54% | |
| Denmark [+] | 2017 | 3,635 | 63.39 | 6.22% | |
| Dominica [+] | 2016 | 211 | 286.93 | -4.14% | |
| Dominican Republic [+] | 2017 | 26,286 | 244.13 | 55.14% | |
| Algeria [+] | 2017 | 60,000 | 145.22 | -6.84% | |
| Ecuador [+] | 2017 | 37,497 | 225.55 | 6.59% | |
| Estonia [+] | 2017 | 2,576 | 196.64 | -3.74% | |
| Egypt [+] | 2016 | 106,000 | 110.87 | 44.29% | |
| Ethiopia [+] | 2014 | 113,727 | 116.80 | -2.77% | |
| Finland [+] | 2017 | 3,082 | 55.80 | -2.72% | |
| Fiji [+] | 2016 | 1,826 | 203.18 | 16.57% | |
| Federated States of Micronesia [+] | 2014 | 132 | 126.90 | 22.99% | |
| Gabon [+] | 2015 | 3,373 | 174.75 | ||
| Grenada [+] | 2016 | 457 | 425.81 | -9.39% | |
| Georgia [+] | 2017 | 9,990 | 255.37 | 7.82% | |
| Ghana [+] | 2017 | 14,846 | 51.49 | 1.10% | |
| The Gambia [+] | 2014 | 1,121 | 58.45 | 8.68% | |
| Guinea [+] | 2017 | 3,200 | 25.16 | 7.80% | |
| Equatorial Guinea [+] | 2015 | 500 | 42.54 | ||
| Guatemala [+] | 2017 | 24,386 | 144.18 | 13.69% | |
| Guinea-Bissau [+] | 2017 | 596 | 32.03 | 196.82% | |
| Guyana [+] | 2017 | 2,226 | 286.12 | 0.89% | |
| Hong Kong [+] | 2017 | 8,306 | 112.78 | -4.31% | |
| Honduras [+] | 2017 | 19,335 | 208.69 | 8.70% | |
| Croatia [+] | 2016 | 3,108 | 73.79 | -6.44% | |
| Haiti [+] | 2017 | 8,882 | 80.89 | -21.57% | |
| Hungary [+] | 2017 | 17,343 | 178.39 | -1.49% | |
| Indonesia [+] | 2017 | 246,005 | 93.19 | 20.02% | |
| Israel [+] | 2017 | 19,325 | 232.22 | -11.26% | |
| India [+] | 2015 | 419,623 | 32.06 | -0.90% | |
| Iraq [+] | 2015 | 45,000 | 145.04 | 38.16% | |
| Iran [+] | 2017 | 230,000 | 283.38 | -1.52% | |
| Iceland [+] | 2017 | 131 | 39.10 | 4.96% | |
| Jamaica [+] | 2017 | 3,857 | 133.46 | 1.18% | |
| Jordan [+] | 2017 | 15,700 | 161.82 | 29.01% | |
| Kenya [+] | 2017 | 51,021 | 102.66 | 2.63% | |
| Kyrgyzstan [+] | 2017 | 10,574 | 174.92 | 0.82% | |
| Cambodia [+] | 2017 | 31,008 | 193.74 | 38.83% | |
| Kiribati [+] | 2016 | 129 | 112.75 | -13.19% | |
| Comoros [+] | 2017 | 191 | 23.46 | 25.81% | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis [+] | 2017 | 220 | 400.00 | -0.37% | |
| South Korea [+] | 2017 | 55,198 | 108.27 | -4.68% | |
| Kuwait [+] | 2017 | 6,000 | 145.03 | 7.68% | |
| Kazakhstan [+] | 2017 | 33,989 | 186.71 | -14.43% | |
| Laos [+] | 2015 | 8,201 | 123.06 | ||
| Lebanon [+] | 2017 | 6,458 | 106.18 | 0.51% | |
| Saint Lucia [+] | 2017 | 527 | 294.41 | -6.25% | |
| Liechtenstein [+] | 2017 | 73 | 192.11 | 0.46% | |
| Sri Lanka [+] | 2017 | 20,598 | 98.66 | 17.35% | |
| Liberia [+] | 2017 | 2,211 | 46.72 | -0.07% | |
| Lesotho [+] | 2014 | 2,073 | 96.61 | -21.25% | |
| Lithuania [+] | 2017 | 6,599 | 228.34 | -2.30% | |
| Luxembourg [+] | 2017 | 650 | 111.49 | -11.58% | |
| Latvia [+] | 2017 | 3,765 | 193.08 | -10.23% | |
| Libya [+] | 2014 | 6,187 | 99.72 | 15.97% | |
| Morocco [+] | 2017 | 83,102 | 232.52 | 4.14% | |
| Monaco [+] | 2017 | 29 | 74.36 | -7.63% | |
| Moldova [+] | 2017 | 7,510 | 185.39 | -6.63% | |
| Montenegro [+] | 2017 | 1,119 | 177.90 | -0.45% | |
| Madagascar [+] | 2017 | 20,975 | 82.03 | -7.07% | |
| Marshall Islands [+] | 2014 | 35 | 66.17 | -2.97% | |
| North Macedonia [+] | 2017 | 3,031 | 145.51 | -6.28% | |
| Mali [+] | 2014 | 5,209 | 30.71 | 1.96% | |
| Burma - Myanmar [+] | 2017 | 79,668 | 149.27 | -0.91% | |
| Mongolia [+] | 2017 | 3,869 | 125.78 | -33.19% | |
| Mauritania [+] | 2016 | 1,920 | 44.62 | 2.57% | |
| Malta [+] | 2017 | 588 | 136.43 | 5.26% | |
| Mauritius [+] | 2017 | 2,560 | 202.37 | 14.20% | |
| Maldives [+] | 2017 | 1,852 | 424.77 | -3.63% | |
| Malawi [+] | 2017 | 14,795 | 79.45 | 2.67% | |
| Mexico [+] | 2017 | 181,999 | 140.91 | -5.54% | |
| Malaysia [+] | 2017 | 55,413 | 175.22 | 5.78% | |
| Mozambique [+] | 2017 | 18,185 | 61.29 | 7.46% | |
| Namibia [+] | 2016 | 7,400 | 298.42 | 103.32% | |
| Niger [+] | 2015 | 8,525 | 42.85 | 10.12% | |
| Nigeria [+] | 2017 | 75,772 | 39.69 | 17.04% | |
| Nicaragua [+] | 2014 | 10,569 | 175.74 | 5.39% | |
| Netherlands [+] | 2017 | 10,464 | 61.42 | -1.58% | |
| Norway [+] | 2017 | 3,373 | 63.58 | -13.30% | |
| Nepal [+] | 2017 | 18,881 | 64.43 | 3.92% | |
| Nauru [+] | 2014 | 14 | 126.47 | -49.03% | |
| New Zealand [+] | 2017 | 10,435 | 221.74 | 3.94% | |
| Oman [+] | 2013 | 1,300 | 35.03 | ||
| Panama [+] | 2017 | 16,155 | 394.12 | -4.14% | |
| Peru [+] | 2017 | 89,494 | 278.23 | 7.75% | |
| Papua New Guinea [+] | 2016 | 4,945 | 61.15 | -0.44% | |
| Philippines [+] | 2016 | 170,543 | 165.07 | 20.39% | |
| Pakistan [+] | 2017 | 83,718 | 42.49 | -2.64% | |
| Poland [+] | 2017 | 74,480 | 195.12 | 3.23% | |
| State of Palestine [+] | 2016 | 8,155 | 170.08 | -17.44% | |
| Palau [+] | 2017 | 87 | 395.45 | 16.92% | |
| Paraguay [+] | 2017 | 14,061 | 206.45 | 4.03% | |
| Qatar [+] | 2013 | 1,150 | 51.10 | -13.26% | |
| Romania [+] | 2017 | 23,450 | 119.16 | -14.15% | |
| Serbia [+] | 2017 | 10,807 | 122.93 | 1.62% | |
| Russia [+] | 2017 | 602,176 | 418.21 | -4.52% | |
| Rwanda [+] | 2017 | 61,000 | 499.67 | 7.06% | |
| Saudi Arabia [+] | 2017 | 68,056 | 206.62 | 31.64% | |
| Solomon Islands [+] | 2017 | 477 | 78.07 | 7.58% | |
| Seychelles [+] | 2017 | 423 | 445.26 | -45.72% | |
| Sudan [+] | 2017 | 21,000 | 51.81 | -0.05% | |
| Sweden [+] | 2017 | 5,713 | 57.64 | 0.20% | |
| Singapore [+] | 2017 | 11,691 | 204.78 | -7.67% | |
| Slovenia [+] | 2017 | 1,316 | 63.27 | 0.43% | |
| Slovakia [+] | 2017 | 10,478 | 192.33 | 4.71% | |
| Sierra Leone [+] | 2017 | 4,519 | 59.80 | 32.43% | |
| San Marino [+] | 2017 | 3 | 9.09 | 49.82% | |
| Senegal [+] | 2017 | 9,321 | 58.80 | -4.98% | |
| Suriname [+] | 2016 | 10,116 | 1,812.53 | -2.01% | |
| South Sudan [+] | 2015 | 6,504 | 54.74 | ||
| Sao Tome and Principe [+] | 2017 | 251 | 123.04 | 35.17% | |
| El Salvador [+] | 2017 | 38,330 | 600.97 | 3.56% | |
| Syria [+] | 2004 | 10,599 | 59.52 | -12.37% | |
| Swaziland [+] | 2015 | 3,610 | 273.69 | -1.98% | |
| Chad [+] | 2015 | 8,000 | 57.10 | 50.18% | |
| Togo [+] | 2017 | 4,859 | 62.31 | 4.84% | |
| Thailand [+] | 2017 | 372,979 | 540.25 | 14.28% | |
| Tajikistan [+] | 2010 | 9,317 | 121.92 | 21.26% | |
| Timor-Leste [+] | 2017 | 659 | 50.85 | 8.61% | |
| Turkmenistan [+] | 2017 | 30,452 | 528.86 | -7.16% | |
| Tunisia [+] | 2017 | 20,755 | 179.98 | -13.85% | |
| Tonga [+] | 2014 | 176 | 166.38 | 10.52% | |
| Turkey [+] | 2017 | 260,000 | 322.00 | 27.35% | |
| Trinidad and Tobago [+] | 2017 | 3,999 | 292.11 | -46.65% | |
| Tuvalu [+] | 2014 | 11 | 100.84 | -9.87% | |
| Taiwan [+] | 2017 | 62,634 | 265.82 | 0.34% | |
| Tanzania [+] | 2015 | 34,404 | 63.85 | -2.46% | |
| Ukraine [+] | 2017 | 57,100 | 129.12 | -5.58% | |
| Uganda [+] | 2017 | 54,059 | 126.12 | 2.26% | |
| Uruguay [+] | 2017 | 11,078 | 320.45 | 4.50% | |
| Uzbekistan [+] | 2014 | 43,900 | 143.94 | 1.24% | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+] | 2017 | 469 | 426.36 | 1.70% | |
| Venezuela [+] | 2017 | 57,096 | 178.55 | 2.94% | |
| Vietnam [+] | 2017 | 130,002 | 136.07 | -1.57% | |
| Vanuatu [+] | 2016 | 192 | 70.99 | -18.33% | |
| Samoa [+] | 2017 | 400 | 204.08 | -21.07% | |
| Yemen [+] | 2013 | 14,000 | 54.74 | 27.77% | |
| South Africa [+] | 2017 | 158,111 | 278.77 | -3.53% | |
| Zambia [+] | 2017 | 25,000 | 146.25 | 27.90% | |
| Zimbabwe [+] | 2017 | 19,521 | 118.09 | -1.19% | |