DEFINITION
Total number of adult prisons, penal or correctional institutions (excluding temporary jail lock-ups).
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.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 | Maldives: | 2.21996 per 1,000 people | |
| #2 | Czech Republic: | 2.07646 per 1,000 people | |
| #3 | Papua New Guinea: | 1.70857 per 1,000 people | |
| #4 | Hong Kong: | 1.53544 per 1,000 people | |
| #5 | Malaysia: | 1.09773 per 1,000 people | |
| #6 | Montserrat: | 0.107055 per 1,000 people | |
| #7 | Switzerland: | 0.0224329 per 1,000 people | |
| #8 | Iceland: | 0.0168499 per 1,000 people | |
| #9 | Dominica: | 0.0144867 per 1,000 people | |
| #10 | Botswana: | 0.0121951 per 1,000 people | |
| #11 | Denmark: | 0.0103093 per 1,000 people | |
| #12 | Norway: | 0.0100152 per 1,000 people | |
| #13 | Turkey: | 0.00801022 per 1,000 people | |
| #14 | Mauritius: | 0.00731113 per 1,000 people | |
| #15 | Chile: | 0.00700832 per 1,000 people | |
| #16 | Suriname: | 0.00684706 per 1,000 people | |
| #17 | Panama: | 0.0066879 per 1,000 people | |
| #18 | Latvia: | 0.00655022 per 1,000 people | |
| #19 | Canada: | 0.00646243 per 1,000 people | |
| #20 | Portugal: | 0.00605716 per 1,000 people | |
| #21 | Finland: | 0.0053609 per 1,000 people | |
| #22 | United States: | 0.00526825 per 1,000 people | |
| #23 | Estonia: | 0.00525131 per 1,000 people | |
| #24 | Russia: | 0.0051527 per 1,000 people | |
| #25 | South Africa: | 0.00496121 per 1,000 people | |
| #26 | Australia: | 0.00487805 per 1,000 people | |
| #27 | New Zealand: | 0.0047088 per 1,000 people | |
| #28 | Zambia: | 0.0046173 per 1,000 people | |
| #29 | Bulgaria: | 0.00442953 per 1,000 people | |
| #30 | Mexico: | 0.00418067 per 1,000 people | |
| #31 | Moldova: | 0.0040404 per 1,000 people | |
| #32 | Italy: | 0.0039757 per 1,000 people | |
| #33 | Colombia: | 0.00391116 per 1,000 people | |
| #34 | Lithuania: | 0.00389213 per 1,000 people | |
| #35 | United Kingdom: | 0.00387154 per 1,000 people | |
| #36 | Azerbaijan: | 0.00379171 per 1,000 people | |
| #37 | Georgia: | 0.00363481 per 1,000 people | |
| #38 | Dominican Republic: | 0.00353591 per 1,000 people | |
| #39 | Ireland: | 0.00348606 per 1,000 people | |
| #40 | Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: | 0.00342298 per 1,000 people | |
| #41 | Slovakia: | 0.00331431 per 1,000 people | |
| #42 | Zimbabwe: | 0.0032892 per 1,000 people | |
| #43 | Slovenia: | 0.00298359 per 1,000 people | |
| #44 | Hungary: | 0.00289797 per 1,000 people | |
| #45 | Ukraine: | 0.00272358 per 1,000 people | |
| #46 | Germany: | 0.00269316 per 1,000 people | |
| #47 | Belarus: | 0.00262136 per 1,000 people | |
| #48 | Jamaica: | 0.00255848 per 1,000 people | |
| #49 | Netherlands: | 0.00243798 per 1,000 people | |
| #50 | Thailand: | 0.00208768 per 1,000 people | |
| #51 | Kyrgyzstan: | 0.00194326 per 1,000 people | |
| #52 | Romania: | 0.00165696 per 1,000 people | |
| #53 | Indonesia: | 0.00149603 per 1,000 people | |
| #54 | Sri Lanka: | 0.0014453 per 1,000 people | |
| #55 | Japan: | 0.00142838 per 1,000 people | |
| #56 | Cyprus: | 0.00128183 per 1,000 people | |
| #57 | Venezuela: | 0.00122167 per 1,000 people | |
| #58 | Qatar: | 0.00115868 per 1,000 people | |
| #59 | Saudi Arabia: | 0.00113559 per 1,000 people | |
| #60 | Oman: | 0.000666223 per 1,000 people | |
| #61 | Korea, South: | 0.000616764 per 1,000 people | |
| #62 | Kazakhstan: | 0.00019755 per 1,000 people | |
| |
Weighted average: |
0.1 per 1,000 people |
|
DEFINITION: Total number of adult prisons, penal or correctional institutions (excluding temporary jail lock-ups).
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.
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