List of countries by incarceration rate

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This is an alphabetical list of countries and some dependent territories and subnational areas which lays out the incarceration rate of each. [1]

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Prison population rates for 2018 from World Prison Brief. See date on map. World map of prison population rates from World Prison Brief.svg
Prison population rates for 2018 from World Prison Brief. See date on map.

Incarceration rates and counts

The data below is the latest available at the World Prison Brief (WPB) at the time the data was copied here. See the individual WPB country and subnational area pages for more info on data, dates, and much more. WPB notes this: "As it is not possible to obtain meaningful comparative data on numbers of children in custody in different countries, we do not include juvenile imprisonment data in the highest to lowest lists." [1]

See also

Notes

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "Highest to Lowest - Prison Population Total". World Prison Brief (WPB). Accessed Oct 22, 2024 to fully update the table. Use dropdown menu to choose lists of countries by region, or the whole world. Use other menu to select highest-to-lowest lists of prison population totals, prison population rates, percentage of pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners, percentage of female prisoners, percentage of foreign prisoners, and occupancy rate. Direct links: Rates and Numbers. Column headings in WPB tables can be clicked to reorder columns lowest to highest, or alphabetically. For detailed information for each country click on any country name in lists. The individual country pages also give the date of the data. See also the WPB main data page and click on the map links and/or the sidebar links to get to the region and country desired. Please update the tables here only from this WPB source.
    2. ↑ Search of World Prison Brief website for "United Kingdom". It pulls up the pages for England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Cayman Islands, Jersey, Virgin Islands, Isle of Man, Guernsey, Gibraltar, etc.. World Prison Brief.
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