Imprisonment rate - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Number of prisoners per 100,000 people, 2017:

The average for 2017 based on 44 countries was 132 prisoners per 100,000 people. The highest value was in Russia: 418 prisoners per 100,000 people and the lowest value was in San Marino: 9 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
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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries Imprisonment rate, 2017 Global rank Available data
Russia 418 1 2003 - 2017
Belarus 343 2 2003 - 2017
Turkey 322 3 2003 - 2017
Lithuania 228 4 2003 - 2017
Czechia 209 5 2003 - 2017
Estonia 197 6 2003 - 2017
Poland 195 7 2003 - 2017
Albania 194 8 2003 - 2017
Latvia 193 9 2003 - 2017
Liechtenstein 192 10 2003 - 2017
Slovakia 192 11 2003 - 2017
Moldova 185 12 2003 - 2017
Hungary 178 13 2003 - 2017
Montenegro 178 14 2003 - 2017
North Macedonia 146 15 2003 - 2017
UK 143 16 2003 - 2017
Malta 136 17 2003 - 2017
Portugal 132 18 2003 - 2017
Ukraine 129 19 2003 - 2017
Spain 127 20 2003 - 2017
Serbia 123 21 2003 - 2017
Romania 119 22 2003 - 2017
Luxembourg 111 23 2005 - 2017
France 106 24 2003 - 2017
Italy 101 25 2003 - 2017
Austria 100 26 2003 - 2017
Bulgaria 99 27 2003 - 2017
Greece 90 28 2003 - 2017
Belgium 88 29 2004 - 2017
Ireland 79 30 2003 - 2017
Germany 77 31 2003 - 2017
Switzerland 77 32 2003 - 2017
Monaco 74 33 2003 - 2017
Andorra 68 34 2003 - 2017
Norway 64 35 2003 - 2017
Denmark 63 36 2003 - 2017
Slovenia 63 37 2003 - 2017
Netherlands 61 38 2003 - 2017
Sweden 58 39 2003 - 2017
Finland 56 40 2003 - 2017
Cyprus 50 41 2003 - 2017
Iceland 39 42 2003 - 2017
Faroe Isl. 12 43 2005 - 2017
San Marino 9 44 2005 - 2017



Definition: Number of prisoners per 100,000 people.

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1. Russia
2. Belarus
3. Turkey
4. Lithuania
5. Czechia
6. Estonia
7. Poland
8. Albania
9. Latvia
10. Liechtenstein
11. Slovakia
12. Moldova
13. Hungary
14. Montenegro
15. North Macedonia
16. UK
17. Malta
18. Portugal
19. Ukraine
20. Spain
21. Serbia
22. Romania
23. Luxembourg
24. France
25. Italy
26. Austria
27. Bulgaria
28. Greece
29. Belgium
30. Ireland
31. Germany
32. Switzerland
33. Monaco
34. Andorra
35. Norway
36. Denmark
37. Slovenia
38. Netherlands
39. Sweden
40. Finland
41. Cyprus
42. Iceland
43. Faroe Isl.
44. San Marino
418
343
322
228
209
197
195
194
193
192
192
185
178
178
146
143
136
132
129
127
123
119
111
106
101
100
99
90
88
79
77
77
74
68
64
63
63
61
58
56
50
39
12
9
0
104.5
209
313.5
418


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