Crime > Adults prosecuted: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	United States	14.2 million	2002
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	2.5 million	2002
2	Turkey	2.06 million	2002
3	United Kingdom	1.57 million	2002
4	South Korea	1.2 million	2002
5	Belgium	668,591	2002
6	Thailand	572,083	2002
7	Italy	541,530	2002
8	Germany	513,482	2002
9	Canada	466,866	2002
10	Ethiopia	291,479	2002
	NATO countries average (profile)	288,240.22	2002
11	Netherlands	194,677	2002
12	Finland	173,332	2002
13	Japan	162,882	2002
14	New Zealand	125,323	2002
15	Hungary	111,779	2002
16	Portugal	97,459	2002
17	Sweden	91,064	2002
18	Czech Republic	86,588	2002
19	El Salvador	68,031	2002
20	Chile	67,790	2002
21	Romania	66,461	2002
22	Belarus	62,005	2002
23	Zimbabwe	54,934	2002
24	France	54,224	2002
25	Bulgaria	43,380	2002
26	Slovakia	38,935	2002
27	Mexico	37,615	2002
28	Croatia	31,764	2002
29	Hong Kong	25,494	2002
30	Lithuania	22,232	2002
31	Kyrgyzstan	21,373	2002
32	Republic of Macedonia	20,220	2002
33	Burma	16,129	2002
34	Latvia	15,508	2002
35	Slovenia	14,707	2002
36	Norway	12,009	2002
37	Estonia	11,377	2002
38	Venezuela	9,660	2002
39	Georgia	6,960	2002
40	Luxembourg	4,401	2002
41	Maldives	2,828	2002
42	Iceland	1,884	2002
43	Cyprus	1,470	2002
44	Papua New Guinea	1,041	2002
45	Zambia	251	2002
46	Albania	41	2002
47	Oman	0.0	2002

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United States ranked first for adults prosecuted amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2002.
United Kingdom ranked first for adults prosecuted amongst European Union in 2002.
Turkey ranked first for adults prosecuted amongst NATO countries in 2002.
Belgium ranked first for adults prosecuted amongst Eurozone in 2002.
South Korea ranked third for adults prosecuted amongst High income OECD countries in 2002.
Italy ranked #4 for adults prosecuted amongst Europe in 2002.
France ranked second last for adults prosecuted amongst Non-religious countries in 2002.
Germany ranked #4 for adults prosecuted amongst Cold countries in 2002.
Hungary ranked first for adults prosecuted amongst Eastern Europe in 2002.
28 of the bottom 41 countries by adults prosecuted are Christian.

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