<< 2017Persons held in detention rate per 100,000 population 2018
<< 2017Comparison: Total prison population
| Countries | Date | Persons in detention | Rate in detention per 100.000 | Ch. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States [+] | 2017 | 2,153,600 | 662.50 | -1.16% | |
| Germany [+] | 2018 | 65,762 | 79.10 | -0.75% | |
| France [+] | 2017 | 68,974 | 106.40 | 0.57% | |
| Japan [+] | 2018 | 50,578 | 39.80 | -4.78% | |
| Spain [+] | 2018 | 58,883 | 126.10 | 0 | |
| Italy [+] | 2018 | 61,131 | 100.80 | 3.60% | |
| Portugal [+] | 2018 | 13,021 | 127.00 | -3.86% | |
| Greece [+] | 2018 | 10,654 | 101.30 | 6.97% | |
| Ireland [+] | 2018 | 3,962 | 82.20 | 6.20% | |
| Andorra [+] | 2018 | 49 | 63.60 | 13.98% | |
| United Arab Emirates [+] | 2014 | 9,826 | 106.60 | -1.57% | |
| Afghanistan [+] | 2017 | 30,000 | 82.70 | 4.03% | |
| Antigua and Barbuda [+] | 2018 | 305 | 317.70 | -1.06% | |
| Albania [+] | 2018 | 5,316 | 184.40 | -6.25% | |
| Armenia [+] | 2018 | 2,266 | 76.80 | -36.05% | |
| Angola [+] | 2016 | 22,907 | 79.40 | -6.48% | |
| Argentina [+] | 2017 | 85,283 | 194.10 | 10.72% | |
| Austria [+] | 2018 | 9,163 | 103.10 | 2.69% | |
| Australia [+] | 2018 | 42,974 | 172.60 | 2.98% | |
| Azerbaijan [+] | 2018 | 21,861 | 219.70 | -7.26% | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina [+] | 2017 | 2,820 | 84.10 | 0.60% | |
| Barbados [+] | 2018 | 850 | 296.20 | -4.27% | |
| Bangladesh [+] | 2018 | 83,350 | 51.60 | -6.86% | |
| Belgium [+] | 2018 | 10,073 | 87.70 | -0.57% | |
| Burkina Faso [+] | 2016 | 7,670 | 41.10 | -1.44% | |
| Bulgaria [+] | 2018 | 6,651 | 94.30 | -4.17% | |
| Bahrain [+] | 2017 | 3,485 | 233.30 | -15.65% | |
| Burundi [+] | 2018 | 10,987 | 98.30 | 5.47% | |
| Benin [+] | 2017 | 7,801 | 69.80 | 1.60% | |
| Brunei [+] | 2015 | 565 | 136.10 | -6.07% | |
| Bolivia [+] | 2018 | 18,195 | 160.30 | 0 | |
| Brazil [+] | 2018 | 720,888 | 344.20 | 2.14% | |
| Bahamas [+] | 2018 | 1,778 | 460.60 | -0.28% | |
| Bhutan [+] | 2014 | 1,119 | 155.60 | 1.90% | |
| Botswana [+] | 2017 | 4,343 | 197.00 | -2.76% | |
| Belarus [+] | 2018 | 32,556 | 344.40 | -5.28% | |
| Belize [+] | 2017 | 1,297 | 344.90 | -33.13% | |
| Canada [+] | 2017 | 39,578 | 107.70 | -3.93% | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo [+] | 2015 | 20,550 | 27.00 | -15.34% | |
| Central African Republic [+] | 2015 | 764 | 17.00 | -9.66% | |
| Republic of the Congo [+] | 2014 | 1,240 | 26.20 | -19.14% | |
| Switzerland [+] | 2018 | 6,602 | 77.40 | -0.26% | |
| Ivory Coast [+] | 2017 | 16,127 | 66.00 | 40.43% | |
| Chile [+] | 2018 | 45,977 | 245.50 | -1.25% | |
| Cameroon [+] | 2017 | 31,836 | 129.60 | 5.71% | |
| China [+] | 2016 | 1,561,086 | 110.40 | -3.16% | |
| Colombia [+] | 2017 | 114,750 | 234.60 | -4.63% | |
| Costa Rica [+] | 2017 | 14,224 | 287.40 | 5.55% | |
| Cuba [+] | 2012 | 57,337 | 509.30 | -4.41% | |
| Cape Verde [+] | 2018 | 1,567 | 288.10 | 0.31% | |
| Cyprus [+] | 2018 | 619 | 52.10 | 3.78% | |
| Czech Republic [+] | 2018 | 21,577 | 202.30 | -2.83% | |
| Djibouti [+] | 2018 | 662 | 69.00 | 4.39% | |
| Denmark [+] | 2018 | 3,635 | 63.20 | 6.04% | |
| Dominica [+] | 2017 | 190 | 267.60 | -6.40% | |
| Dominican Republic [+] | 2018 | 26,078 | 245.40 | -1.84% | |
| Algeria [+] | 2018 | 63,000 | 149.20 | 2.90% | |
| Ecuador [+] | 2018 | 37,497 | 219.50 | -1.26% | |
| Estonia [+] | 2018 | 2,584 | 195.30 | -5.38% | |
| Egypt [+] | 2016 | 106,000 | 112.20 | 43.66% | |
| Ethiopia [+] | 2014 | 113,727 | 115.90 | -3.26% | |
| Finland [+] | 2018 | 2,956 | 53.50 | -4.29% | |
| Fiji [+] | 2016 | 1,826 | 209.40 | 17.05% | |
| Federated States of Micronesia [+] | 2014 | 132 | 123.40 | 22.30% | |
| Gabon [+] | 2015 | 3,373 | 173.20 | -10.07% | |
| Grenada [+] | 2018 | 460 | 414.40 | 4.07% | |
| Georgia [+] | 2018 | 9,575 | 239.20 | -4.01% | |
| Ghana [+] | 2018 | 14,467 | 48.60 | -4.71% | |
| The Gambia [+] | 2014 | 1,121 | 55.40 | 8.84% | |
| Guinea [+] | 2017 | 3,200 | 26.50 | 7.29% | |
| Equatorial Guinea [+] | 2015 | 500 | 42.80 | ||
| Guatemala [+] | 2018 | 24,303 | 140.90 | -2.29% | |
| Guinea-Bissau [+] | 2017 | 596 | 32.60 | 202.14% | |
| Guyana [+] | 2018 | 2,144 | 275.20 | -4.18% | |
| Hong Kong [+] | 2018 | 8,237 | 111.70 | -4.04% | |
| Honduras [+] | 2018 | 20,728 | 216.20 | 5.41% | |
| Croatia [+] | 2018 | 3,217 | 77.40 | 1.44% | |
| Haiti [+] | 2018 | 8,882 | 79.90 | -1.24% | |
| Hungary [+] | 2018 | 16,947 | 174.60 | -2.02% | |
| Indonesia [+] | 2018 | 256,051 | 95.70 | 9.12% | |
| Israel [+] | 2018 | 19,376 | 231.20 | -1.37% | |
| India [+] | 2016 | 433,003 | 32.70 | 2.19% | |
| Iraq [+] | 2015 | 45,000 | 145.04 | 38.13% | |
| Iran [+] | 2018 | 240,000 | 293.40 | 2.91% | |
| Iceland [+] | 2018 | 136 | 40.40 | -1.46% | |
| Jamaica [+] | 2017 | 3,857 | 132.00 | 0.99% | |
| Jordan [+] | 2017 | 15,700 | 160.40 | 29.35% | |
| Kenya [+] | 2018 | 52,198 | 101.60 | 0 | |
| Kyrgyzstan [+] | 2018 | 11,163 | 177.10 | 3.69% | |
| Cambodia [+] | 2018 | 31,008 | 190.80 | -1.50% | |
| Kiribati [+] | 2016 | 129 | 114.20 | -13.16% | |
| Comoros [+] | 2018 | 225 | 27.00 | 14.89% | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis [+] | 2017 | 220 | 423.10 | 0 | |
| South Korea [+] | 2018 | 54,169 | 105.90 | -1.94% | |
| Kuwait [+] | 2017 | 6,000 | 147.90 | 8.35% | |
| Kazakhstan [+] | 2017 | 36,343 | 201.00 | -8.51% | |
| Laos [+] | 2015 | 8,201 | 121.70 | ||
| Lebanon [+] | 2018 | 6,330 | 92.30 | -2.53% | |
| Saint Lucia [+] | 2017 | 527 | 291.20 | -6.25% | |
| Liechtenstein [+] | 2018 | 63 | 165.80 | -13.69% | |
| Sri Lanka [+] | 2017 | 20,598 | 97.50 | 17.33% | |
| Liberia [+] | 2018 | 2,426 | 50.30 | 7.02% | |
| Lesotho [+] | 2014 | 2,073 | 101.50 | -20.20% | |
| Lithuania [+] | 2018 | 6,485 | 231.50 | -0.22% | |
| Luxembourg [+] | 2018 | 650 | 107.60 | -6.84% | |
| Latvia [+] | 2018 | 3,522 | 182.70 | -5.34% | |
| Libya [+] | 2014 | 6,187 | 97.20 | 15.30% | |
| Morocco [+] | 2018 | 83,757 | 232.50 | -0.47% | |
| Monaco [+] | 2017 | 29 | 76.30 | -6.50% | |
| Moldova [+] | 2018 | 6,990 | 172.50 | -8.29% | |
| Montenegro [+] | 2018 | 1,125 | 179.10 | 0.51% | |
| Madagascar [+] | 2018 | 24,928 | 94.90 | 15.73% | |
| Marshall Islands [+] | 2014 | 35 | 61.40 | -2.85% | |
| North Macedonia [+] | 2018 | 2,256 | 108.30 | -25.62% | |
| Mali [+] | 2014 | 5,209 | 30.80 | 1.99% | |
| Burma - Myanmar [+] | 2018 | 92,000 | 171.30 | 14.81% | |
| Mongolia [+] | 2018 | 4,804 | 151.50 | 21.98% | |
| Mauritania [+] | 2016 | 1,920 | 46.10 | 2.44% | |
| Malta [+] | 2018 | 619 | 141.00 | 4.52% | |
| Mauritius [+] | 2018 | 2,447 | 193.10 | 7.94% | |
| Maldives [+] | 2017 | 1,852 | 373.40 | -5.47% | |
| Malawi [+] | 2018 | 13,929 | 76.80 | -8.24% | |
| Mexico [+] | 2018 | 196,322 | 155.60 | -3.83% | |
| Malaysia [+] | 2017 | 55,413 | 178.10 | 5.89% | |
| Mozambique [+] | 2017 | 18,185 | 63.50 | 7.45% | |
| Namibia [+] | 2016 | 7,400 | 313.80 | 0.42% | |
| Niger [+] | 2018 | 9,570 | 42.60 | 0 | |
| Nigeria [+] | 2018 | 71,522 | 36.50 | -8.06% | |
| Nicaragua [+] | 2018 | 20,918 | 323.50 | 38.96% | |
| Netherlands [+] | 2018 | 11,251 | 65.90 | 3.13% | |
| Norway [+] | 2017 | 3,373 | 63.58 | -20.32% | |
| Nepal [+] | 2017 | 18,881 | 68.30 | 3.64% | |
| Nauru [+] | 2014 | 14 | 140.00 | -46.15% | |
| New Zealand [+] | 2018 | 9,782 | 206.20 | -6.74% | |
| Oman [+] | 2013 | 1,300 | 35.03 | ||
| Panama [+] | 2018 | 16,561 | 396.50 | 0.79% | |
| Peru [+] | 2018 | 90,934 | 284.30 | 4.18% | |
| Papua New Guinea [+] | 2018 | 5,087 | 59.10 | -1.17% | |
| Philippines [+] | 2018 | 194,658 | 182.50 | 10.94% | |
| Pakistan [+] | 2018 | 83,718 | 39.40 | -2.23% | |
| Poland [+] | 2018 | 72,818 | 192.00 | -2.14% | |
| State of Palestine [+] | 2018 | 1,078 | 22.20 | -5.13% | |
| Palau [+] | 2018 | 76 | 422.20 | -12.64% | |
| Paraguay [+] | 2018 | 14,627 | 210.30 | 2.69% | |
| Qatar [+] | 2014 | 1,150 | 46.80 | -4.88% | |
| Romania [+] | 2018 | 20,792 | 106.60 | -10.65% | |
| Serbia [+] | 2018 | 10,871 | 156.40 | 1.30% | |
| Russia [+] | 2018 | 563,166 | 386.40 | -6.62% | |
| Rwanda [+] | 2017 | 61,000 | 509.10 | 6.64% | |
| Saudi Arabia [+] | 2017 | 68,056 | 205.60 | 31.46% | |
| Solomon Islands [+] | 2017 | 477 | 75.00 | 6.69% | |
| Seychelles [+] | 2018 | 382 | 393.80 | -10.62% | |
| Sudan [+] | 2017 | 21,000 | 51.50 | 2.39% | |
| Sweden [+] | 2018 | 6,114 | 61.30 | 6.24% | |
| Singapore [+] | 2018 | 11,961 | 207.80 | -0.57% | |
| Slovenia [+] | 2018 | 1,396 | 67.20 | 5.99% | |
| Slovakia [+] | 2018 | 10,294 | 188.80 | 2.55% | |
| Sierra Leone [+] | 2018 | 4,519 | 59.10 | -1.99% | |
| San Marino [+] | 2018 | 6 | 17.60 | 100.00% | |
| Senegal [+] | 2018 | 12,500 | 78.80 | 30.25% | |
| Suriname [+] | 2016 | 10,116 | 1,812.53 | -2.01% | |
| South Sudan [+] | 2015 | 6,504 | 60.70 | ||
| Sao Tome and Principe [+] | 2018 | 253 | 119.90 | -1.15% | |
| El Salvador [+] | 2018 | 39,642 | 617.40 | -0.71% | |
| Syria [+] | 2004 | 10,599 | 59.50 | -12.37% | |
| Swaziland [+] | 2018 | 3,453 | 304.00 | -7.03% | |
| Chad [+] | 2018 | 8,700 | 56.20 | -0.88% | |
| Togo [+] | 2018 | 5,109 | 64.80 | 2.69% | |
| Thailand [+] | 2018 | 366,316 | 527.60 | -2.10% | |
| Tajikistan [+] | 2010 | 9,317 | 123.80 | 21.49% | |
| Timor-Leste [+] | 2018 | 695 | 54.80 | 3.40% | |
| Turkmenistan [+] | 2017 | 30,452 | 528.90 | -7.16% | |
| Tunisia [+] | 2017 | 22,248 | 194.60 | -7.02% | |
| Tonga [+] | 2014 | 176 | 174.30 | 13.62% | |
| Turkey [+] | 2018 | 264,842 | 321.60 | 11.74% | |
| Trinidad and Tobago [+] | 2018 | 3,999 | 287.70 | -0.42% | |
| Tuvalu [+] | 2014 | 11 | 100.00 | -8.34% | |
| Taiwan [+] | 2018 | 62,634 | 264.00 | -0.23% | |
| Tanzania [+] | 2015 | 34,404 | 66.80 | -2.34% | |
| Ukraine [+] | 2017 | 57,100 | 128.30 | -5.59% | |
| Uganda [+] | 2017 | 48,894 | 118.80 | -8.26% | |
| Uruguay [+] | 2018 | 10,243 | 297.00 | -7.85% | |
| Uzbekistan [+] | 2014 | 43,900 | 144.30 | 1.19% | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+] | 2018 | 469 | 426.40 | 0 | |
| Venezuela [+] | 2017 | 57,096 | 194.20 | 5.89% | |
| Vietnam [+] | 2017 | 130,002 | 137.40 | -1.58% | |
| Vanuatu [+] | 2016 | 192 | 69.10 | -18.61% | |
| Samoa [+] | 2017 | 400 | 205.10 | -20.57% | |
| Yemen [+] | 2014 | 14,000 | 54.20 | -2.69% | |
| South Africa [+] | 2018 | 164,129 | 284.00 | 2.42% | |
| Zambia [+] | 2017 | 25,000 | 148.30 | 27.73% | |
| Zimbabwe [+] | 2017 | 19,521 | 137.10 | 0.44% | |