Imprisonment rate - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Number of prisoners per 100,000 people, 2017:

The average for 2017 based on 26 countries was 120 prisoners per 100,000 people. The highest value was in Lithuania: 228 prisoners per 100,000 people and the lowest value was in Cyprus: 50 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
Lithuania 228 1 2003 - 2017
Czechia 209 2 2003 - 2017
Estonia 197 3 2003 - 2017
Poland 195 4 2003 - 2017
Latvia 193 5 2003 - 2017
Slovakia 192 6 2003 - 2017
Hungary 178 7 2003 - 2017
Malta 136 8 2003 - 2017
Portugal 132 9 2003 - 2017
Spain 127 10 2003 - 2017
Romania 119 11 2003 - 2017
Luxembourg 111 12 2005 - 2017
France 106 13 2003 - 2017
Italy 101 14 2003 - 2017
Austria 100 15 2003 - 2017
Bulgaria 99 16 2003 - 2017
Greece 90 17 2003 - 2017
Belgium 88 18 2004 - 2017
Ireland 79 19 2003 - 2017
Germany 77 20 2003 - 2017
Denmark 63 21 2003 - 2017
Slovenia 63 22 2003 - 2017
Netherlands 61 23 2003 - 2017
Sweden 58 24 2003 - 2017
Finland 56 25 2003 - 2017
Cyprus 50 26 2003 - 2017



Definition: Number of prisoners per 100,000 people.

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1. Lithuania
2. Czechia
3. Estonia
4. Poland
5. Latvia
6. Slovakia
7. Hungary
8. Malta
9. Portugal
10. Spain
11. Romania
12. Luxembourg
13. France
14. Italy
15. Austria
16. Bulgaria
17. Greece
18. Belgium
19. Ireland
20. Germany
21. Denmark
22. Slovenia
23. Netherlands
24. Sweden
25. Finland
26. Cyprus
228
209
197
195
193
192
178
136
132
127
119
111
106
101
100
99
90
88
79
77
63
63
61
58
56
50
0
57
114
171
228


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