DEFINITION
The percentage of the offical prison capacity filled. This is obtained by comparing the number of
prisoners in a nation to the offical capacity of the nation's prison system. Data for 2003.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 | Barbados: | 302.4% | |
| #2 | Cameroon: | 296.3% | |
| #3 | Bangladesh: | 288.5% | |
| #4 | Saint Lucia: | 278.4% | |
| #5 | Grenada: | 258.3% | |
| #6 | Zambia: | 245.9% | |
| #7 | Iran: | 243.1% | |
| #8 | Thailand: | 230.8% | |
| #9 | Burundi: | 230.6% | |
| #10 | Kenya: | 228.1% | |
| #11 | Pakistan: | 222.5% | |
| #12 | Belize: | 219.4% | |
| #13 | Honduras: | 207.6% | |
| #14 | Rwanda: | 202.4% | |
| #15 | Tanzania: | 190.5% | |
| #16 | Sri Lanka: | 189.8% | |
| #17 | Uganda: | 186.4% | |
| #18 | Haiti: | 184.7% | |
| #19 | Dominican Republic: | 175.3% | |
| #20 | Burkina Faso: | 169.7% | |
| #21 | Madagascar: | 169.2% | |
| #22 | Senegal: | 167.9% | |
| #23 | El Salvador: | 167.5% | |
| #24 | Suriname: | 162.7% | |
| #25 | Bolivia: | 162.5% | |
| #26 | South Africa: | 159.4% | |
| #27 | Greece: | 158.3% | |
| #28 | Philippines: | 156.4% | |
| #29 | Malawi: | 155.7% | |
| #30 | Botswana: | 155.6% | |
| #31 | Morocco: | 155.1% | |
| #32 | Mauritius: | 154.2% | |
| #33 | Paraguay: | 151% | |
| #34 | Uruguay: | 150.8% | |
| #35 | Hungary: | 147.7% | |
| #36 | Ghana: | 145.5% | |
| #37 | Panama: | 144.7% | |
| #38 | Mozambique: | 144% | |
| #39 | Dominica: | 143.3% | |
| #40 | Nepal: | 142.6% | |
| #41 | Bahrain: | 140.6% | |
| #42 | Libya: | 139.5% | |
| #43 | Peru: | 137.8% | |
| #44 | India: | 136.5% | |
| #45 | Colombia: | 136.5% | |
| #46 | Belarus: | 135.7% | |
| #47 | Chile: | 134.3% | |
| #48 | Italy: | 134.2% | |
| #49 | Brazil: | 133.8% | |
| #50 | Zimbabwe: | 131.3% | |
| #51 | Bahamas, The: | 129.2% | |
| #52 | Indonesia: | 128.9% | |
| #53 | Saint Kitts and Nevis: | 128.6% | |
| #54 | Namibia: | 126% | |
| #55 | France: | 124.7% | |
| #56 | Mexico: | 123.6% | |
| #57 | Malaysia: | 122.5% | |
| #58 | Guyana: | 120.8% | |
| #59 | Argentina: | 119.9% | |
| #60 | Albania: | 119.1% | |
| #61 | Cyprus: | 119% | |
| #62 | Jamaica: | 117% | |
| #63 | Poland: | 116.4% | |
| #64 | Lesotho: | 116% | |
| #65 | Czech Republic: | 115.6% | |
| #66 | Lebanon: | 115.3% | |
| #67 | Romania: | 115.3% | |
| #68 | Ecuador: | 115% | |
| #69 | Spain: | 114.1% | |
| #70 | Uzbekistan: | 113.5% | |
| #71 | Belgium: | 113% | |
| #72 | Nicaragua: | 113% | |
| #73 | Guatemala: | 112.9% | |
| #74 | Kyrgyzstan: | 112.6% | |
| #75 | Cambodia: | 112% | |
| #76 | Trinidad and Tobago: | 111.9% | |
| #77 | Portugal: | 111.4% | |
| #78 | Fiji: | 111.1% | |
| #79 | Costa Rica: | 109.6% | |
| #80 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: | 107.9% | |
| #81 | Finland: | 107.1% | |
| #82 | Singapore: | 107.1% | |
| #83 | Sweden: | 106.9% | |
| #84 | Japan: | 106.5% | |
| #85 | Slovenia: | 106.1% | |
| #86 | Australia: | 105.9% | |
| #87 | Swaziland: | 103.7% | |
| #88 | Israel: | 103% | |
| #89 | Nigeria: | 101.5% | |
| #90 | Austria: | 101.1% | |
| #91 | Germany: | 100.5% | |
| #92 | Denmark: | 100.4% | |
| #93 | Algeria: | 100.2% | |
| #94 | New Zealand: | 99.1% | |
| #95 | Norway: | 98.3% | |
| #96 | Venezuela: | 97.2% | |
| #97 | Marshall Islands: | 95.8% | |
| #98 | Netherlands: | 95% | |
| #99 | Canada: | 94.3% | |
| #100 | Estonia: | 94.2% | |
| #101 | Slovakia: | 93.6% | |
| #102 | Croatia: | 92.9% | |
| #103 | Turkey: | 91.1% | |
| #104 | Bulgaria: | 91% | |
| #105 | Russia: | 90.2% | |
| #106 | Ukraine: | 90% | |
| #107 | Papua New Guinea: | 87.4% | |
| #108 | Latvia: | 86.4% | |
| #109 | Lithuania: | 84.2% | |
| #110 | Angola: | 82.9% | |
| #111 | Iceland: | 81.8% | |
| #112 | Tonga: | 81.3% | |
| #113 | Switzerland: | 80.9% | |
| #114 | Jordan: | 80.1% | |
| #115 | Andorra: | 71.8% | |
| #116 | Niger: | 68.8% | |
| #117 | Azerbaijan: | 66.3% | |
| #118 | Gambia, The: | 65% | |
| #119 | Armenia: | 64.3% | |
| #120 | Luxembourg: | 64% | |
| #121 | Georgia: | 62.8% | |
| #122 | Malta: | 62.6% | |
| #123 | Liechtenstein: | 54.5% | |
| #124 | Sao Tome and Principe: | 43.3% | |
| #125 | Tajikistan: | 0% | |
| #126 | Kazakhstan: | 0% | |
| #127 | Mauritania: | 0% | |
| #128 | United States: | 0% | |
| |
Weighted average: |
128.0% |
|
DEFINITION: The percentage of the offical prison capacity filled. This is obtained by comparing the number of
prisoners in a nation to the offical capacity of the nation's prison system. Data for 2003.
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