Imprisonment rate - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Number of prisoners per 100,000 people, 2017:

The average for 2017 based on 7 countries was 213 prisoners per 100,000 people. The highest value was in Thailand: 540 prisoners per 100,000 people and the lowest value was in Indonesia: 93 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
Thailand 540 1 2004 - 2017
Singapore 205 2 2003 - 2017
Cambodia 194 3 2004 - 2017
Malaysia 175 4 2004 - 2017
Burma 149 5 2004 - 2017
Vietnam 136 6 2005 - 2017
Indonesia 93 7 2003 - 2017



Definition: Number of prisoners per 100,000 people.

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1. Thailand
2. Singapore
3. Cambodia
4. Malaysia
5. Burma
6. Vietnam
7. Indonesia
540
205
194
175
149
136
93
0
135
270
405
540


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