Imprisonment rate - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Number of prisoners per 100,000 people, 2017:

The average for 2017 based on 16 countries was 280 prisoners per 100,000 people. The highest value was in El Salvador: 601 prisoners per 100,000 people and the lowest value was in Haiti: 81 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
El Salvador 601 1 2004 - 2017
St. Vincent & ... 426 2 2014 - 2017
Panama 394 3 2003 - 2017
Belize 346 4 2003 - 2017
Barbados 306 5 2003 - 2017
Ant.& Barb. 299 6 2005 - 2017
Saint Lucia 294 7 2014 - 2017
Tr.&Tobago 292 8 2003 - 2017
Costa Rica 290 9 2004 - 2017
Puerto Rico 274 10 2005 - 2017
Domin. Rep. 244 11 2003 - 2017
Honduras 209 12 2004 - 2017
Guatemala 144 13 2003 - 2017
Mexico 141 14 2003 - 2017
Jamaica 133 15 2003 - 2017
Haiti 81 16 2003 - 2017



Definition: Number of prisoners per 100,000 people.

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1. El Salvador
2. St. Vincent & ...
3. Panama
4. Belize
5. Barbados
6. Ant.& Barb.
7. Saint Lucia
8. Tr.&Tobago
9. Costa Rica
10. Puerto Rico
11. Domin. Rep.
12. Honduras
13. Guatemala
14. Mexico
15. Jamaica
16. Haiti
601
426
394
346
306
299
294
292
290
274
244
209
144
141
133
81
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150.3
300.5
450.8
601


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