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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. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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COUNTRY
AMOUNT
DATE
GRAPH
1 LatviaLatvia 3,467.85 2002
2 Papua New GuineaPapua NG 1,673.77 2002
3 Hong KongHong Kong 1,570.71 2002
4 KuwaitKuwait 1,252.79 2002
5 MalaysiaMalaysia 1,077.01 2002
6 OmanOman 504.24 2002
Emerging markets averageEmerging markets average (profile) 219.76 2002
NATO countries averageNATO average (profile) 149.4 2002
European Union averageEuropean Union average (profile) 148.5 2002
7 MaldivesMaldives 31.83 2002
8 SwitzerlandSwitzerland 22.38 2002
9 IcelandIceland 17.39 2002
10 DominicaDominica 14.33 2002
11 BotswanaBotswana 11.06 2002
12 DenmarkDenmark 10.42 2002
13 NorwayNorway 10.14 2002
14 SwedenSweden 9.19 2002
15 AustraliaAustralia 7.79 2002
16 TurkeyTurkey 7.75 2002
17 MauritiusMauritius 7.44 2002
18 FinlandFinland 7.11 2002
19 PanamaPanama 6.61 2002
20 CanadaCanada 6.31 2002
21 SurinameSuriname 6.25 2002
22 AzerbaijanAzerbaijan 6.24 2002
23 ChileChile 6.07 2002
High income OECD countries averageHigh income OECD countries average (profile) 6.05 2002
24 United StatesUnited States 5.42 2002
25 PortugalPortugal 5.21 2002
26 EstoniaEstonia 5.15 2002
27 RussiaRussia 5.09 2002
28 South AfricaSouth Africa 5.01 2002
29 MoldovaMoldova 4.97 2002
30 ZambiaZambia 4.89 2002
31 Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia 4.77 2002
32 CroatiaCroatia 4.73 2002
33 New ZealandNew Zealand 4.56 2002
34 LuxembourgLuxembourg 4.48 2002
35 ArgentinaArgentina 4.41 2002
36 NetherlandsNetherlands 4.33 2002
37 MexicoMexico 4.2 2002
38 BulgariaBulgaria 4.19 2002
39 PolandPoland 4.08 2002
40 ColombiaColombia 4.08 2002
41 GeorgiaGeorgia 3.9 2002
42 LithuaniaLithuania 3.75 2002
Group of 7 countries (G7) averageGroup of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 3.62 2002
43 ItalyItaly 3.59 2002
44 Dominican RepublicDominican Rep. 3.58 2002
45 IrelandIreland 3.56 2002
46 El SalvadorEl Salvador 3.5 2002
47 Czech RepublicCzech Republic 3.43 2002
48 Republic of MacedoniaMacedonia Rep. 3.37 2002
49 AlbaniaAlbania 3.37 2002
50 SlovakiaSlovakia 3.35 2002
51 BelgiumBelgium 3.19 2002
52 ZimbabweZimbabwe 3.16 2002
53 HungaryHungary 3.05 2002
54 PeruPeru 3.03 2002
55 NepalNepal 3.03 2002
56 SloveniaSlovenia 3.01 2002
57 BelarusBelarus 2.74 2002
58 JamaicaJamaica 2.67 2002
59 UkraineUkraine 2.66 2002
60 GermanyGermany 2.53 2002
61 MaltaMalta 2.53 2002
62 EcuadorEcuador 2.46 2002
63 United KingdomUnited Kingdom 2.43 2002
64 ThailandThailand 2.1 2002
65 KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan 2 2002
66 JordanJordan 1.98 2002
67 VenezuelaVenezuela 1.89 2002
68 RomaniaRomania 1.79 2002
69 IndonesiaIndonesia 1.68 2002
70 QatarQatar 1.59 2002
71 MoroccoMorocco 1.57 2002
72 Sri LankaSri Lanka 1.53 2002
73 JapanJapan 1.42 2002
74 CyprusCyprus 1.02 2002
75 South KoreaSouth Korea 0.882 2002
76 BurmaBurma 0.812 2002
77 EgyptEgypt 0.63 2002
78 KazakhstanKazakhstan 0.202 2002
79 PhilippinesPhilippines 0.0865 2002

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Interesting observations about Crime > Jails per million

  • Switzerland ranked first for jails per million amongst High income OECD countries in 2002.
  • Latvia ranked first for jails per million amongst Europe in 2002.
  • Denmark ranked second for jails per million amongst European Union in 2002.
  • Japan ranked last for jails per million amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2002.
  • Malaysia ranked second for jails per million amongst Emerging markets in 2002.
  • Iceland ranked second for jails per million amongst NATO countries in 2002.
  • Russia ranked second for jails per million amongst Eastern Europe in 2002.
  • Papua New Guinea ranked first for jails per million amongst Christian countries in 2002.
  • Germany ranked third last for jails per million amongst Eurozone in 2002.
  • United Kingdom ranked 4th last for jails per million amongst Cold countries in 2002.
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