Global Incarceration Rates

The data for the chart was gathered by the World Prison Brief. The range of incarceration rates is quite broad from 799 per 100000 in Seychelles and 693 per 100000 in the United States to 16 per 100000 in the Central African Republic and 21 per 100000 in.

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Prison rates in the US are the worlds highest at 724 people per 100000.

Global incarceration rates. The United States prisoner rate number of prisoners per 100000 people is 737 the highest in the world followed by Russia at 615. The world median prison population rate the number of prisoners in a country per 100000 people in the general population is 145 according to the WPB citing UN. Japan Germany United Kingdom France Italy and Canada US excluded.

The United States prisoner rate number of prisoners per 100000 people is 639 the worlds highest. United States 639 El Salvador 566 Turkmenistan 552 Thailand 549. In Russia the rate is 581.

By 2019 it had fallen to 419 per 100000. As the statistic above illustrates the United States has one of the highest rates of incarceration in the world. 205 rows Around the world many countries have jail occupancy rates over 100.

World Prison Population List ninth edition International Centre for Prison Studies April 2012 Prison populations have risen in 78 of countries. Around the world many countries have jail occupancy rates over 100. 166 Average rate worldwide.

While the United States represents about 44 percent of the worlds population it houses around 22 percent of the worlds prisoners. Germany is another country that has worked to reduce its reliance on incarceration. The ten countries with the highest incarceration rates are.

In the 1950s Finland had an incarceration rate more than three times greater than that of its Nordic neighbors. Please use drop down menu 1 to choose the category of data you wish to view and press Select to load category page. Once the page has reloaded please choose the continentregion from drop down menu 2 and then press Apply.

Kenyas jail occupancy level is currently 284. Kenyas jail occupancy level is currently 284. With 655 inmates per 100000 of.

135 Average rate among European Union member states. 152 Rate in Rwanda where nearly 80 53000 of the prison inmates are being held for crimes relating to the 1994 genocide. In 71 of countries in Africa 82 in the Americas 80 in Asia 74 in Europe and 80 in Oceania.

Cin Africa the median rate. In September 2013 the incarceration rate of the United States of America was the highest in the world at 716 per 100000 of the national population. Oklahoma now has the highest incarceration rate in the US unseating Louisiana from its long-held position as the worlds prison capital By comparison states like New York and Massachusetts appear progressive but even these states lock people up at higher rates than nearly every other country on.

A Global Perspective authorC. At 145 per 100000 the imprisonment rate of England and Wales is at about the midpoint. As of May 2017 the incarceration rate in the United States was 666 prisoners per 100000 US.

A Global Perspective inproceedingsHartney2006USRO titleUS Rates of Incarceration. Germany too has seen a significant reduction in use of custody. The Global Context 2018.

This statistic shows the incarceration rate in OECD countries as of May 2020. CCThe world prison population rate based on United Nations estimates of national population levels is 145 per 100000. United States 737 Russia 615.

As you can see England and Wales is in 14th place with a much higher rate of incarceration than most European countries but much lower than the USA New Zealand Australia. By Peter Wagner and Wendy Sawyer June 2018. The ten countries with the highest incarceration rates are.

CCPrison population rates vary considerably between different regions of the world and between different parts of the same continent. The incarceration rate represents the number of people in prison per. US Rates of Incarceration.

96 Average rate of the Group of Seven. More than 50 years later Finland was able to reduce its use of incarceration to a rate comparable to its neighbors.

Incarceration Rates By Country

Add 148 incarcerated people per 100000 population to the national rate. The US China Brazil Russia and India.

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Yet just five countries account for slightly more than half of the worlds estimated 1075 million people being held in penal institutions.

Incarceration rates by country. Published by Statista Research Department Mar 30 2021 As of June 2020 the United States had the highest prisoner rate with 655 prisoners. In 2019 Russia had the highest incarceration rate in Europe at 3861 prisoners per 100 thousand inhabitants followed by Turkey which had an incarceration of. Incarceration rate per 100000 population of all ages is for inmates held in adult facilities.

This graph shows the number of people in state prisons local jails federal prisons and other systems of confinement from each US. Prison population totals rates and trends per country Table 1 AFRICA Prison population total Date Estimated national population Prison population rate Trend information year total rate Northern Africa Algeria c. United States 737 Russia 615 Ukraine 350 South Africa 334 Poland 235 Mexico 196 Brazil 193 Spain 144 Kenya 130 Netherlands 128 Below is a table of each countrys total number of prisoners prisoner rate and jail occupancy level.

The incarceration rate represents the number of people in prison per 100000 of population. 224 rows According to the World Prison Brief China had an incarceration rate of 118 per 100000 as. 205 rows Around the world many countries have jail occupancy rates over 100.

60000 917 4120m c. Comparison of United States incarceration rate with other countries CategoryPenal systems by country CategoryIncarceration rates-- Timeshifter 1846 11 June 2019 UTC Why arent the incarceration rates listed from highest to lowest. The incarceration rate per 100000 population of all ages is for inmates held in adult facilities in the United States.

The 48043 confined youth in the US. Once the page has reloaded please choose the continentregion from drop down menu 2 and then press Apply. In addition there were 54148 juveniles in juvenile detention in 2013.

And looking at each state in the global context reveals that in every region of the country incarceration is out of step. Please use drop down menu 1 to choose the category of data you wish to view and press Select to load category page. United States incarceration rate and Comparison of United States incarceration rate with other countries.

And Italys rate would increase by less than 1 person per 100000. 8 For more juvenile detention info and numbers see youth incarceration in the United States. 146 2000 2005 2010 2015 33992 43797 58000 62150 108 131 161 155 Egypt c.

Canadas rate by comparison would only increase by 28 per 100000. The ten countries with the highest incarceration rates are. In January 2020 a former high ranking judge in Cuba leaked secret Cuban government documents that showed the country had the highest incarceration rate in the world at over 90000 prisoners with thousands in prison on dubious charges.

State per 100000 people in that state and the incarceration rate per 100000 in all countries with a total population of at least 500000. 106000 816 9135m c. As of May 2020 the incarceration rate in the United States was 655 prisoners per 100000 US.