Imprisonment rate - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Number of prisoners per 100,000 people, 2017:

The average for 2017 based on 6 countries was 211 prisoners per 100,000 people. The highest value was in Palau: 395 prisoners per 100,000 people and the lowest value was in the Solomon Islands: 78 prisoners per 100,000 people. The indicator is available from 2002 to 2017. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: prisoners per 100,000 people; Source: The UN office on drugs and crime
Select indicator
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries Imprisonment rate, 2017 Global rank Available data
Palau 395 1 2003 - 2017
New Zealand 222 2 2004 - 2017
Samoa 204 3 2003 - 2017
N. Caledonia 199 4 2015 - 2017
Australia 169 5 2003 - 2017
Solomon Isl. 78 6 2004 - 2017



Definition: Number of prisoners per 100,000 people.

Selected articles from our guide:

The unholy trinity of international finance

Most commonly used measures of corruption

All articles

1. Palau
2. New Zealand
3. Samoa
4. N. Caledonia
5. Australia
6. Solomon Isl.
395
222
204
199
169
78
0
98.8
197.5
296.3
395


This site uses cookies.
Learn more here


OK