Imprisonment rate - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Number of prisoners per 100,000 people, 2017:

The average for 2017 based on 9 countries was 188 prisoners per 100,000 people. The highest value was in Iran: 283 prisoners per 100,000 people and the lowest value was in Lebanon: 106 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
Iran 283 1 2004 - 2017
Bahrain 233 2 2003 - 2017
Morocco 233 3 2003 - 2017
Saudi Arabia 207 4 2002 - 2017
Tunisia 180 5 2004 - 2017
Jordan 162 6 2005 - 2017
Algeria 145 7 2003 - 2017
Kuwait 145 8 2003 - 2017
Lebanon 106 9 2003 - 2017



Definition: Number of prisoners per 100,000 people.

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1. Iran
2. Bahrain
3. Morocco
4. Saudi Arabia
5. Tunisia
6. Jordan
7. Algeria
8. Kuwait
9. Lebanon
283
233
233
207
180
162
145
145
106
0
70.8
141.5
212.3
283


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