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States of Incarceration: The Global Context 2024

Appendix 2: Country Data

by Emily Widra
June 2024

Country Incarceration rate Year of most recent data
Afghanistan 45 2024
Albania 195 2024
Algeria 217 2024
Angola 79 2022
Argentina 254 2022
Armenia 79 2023
Australia 158 2022
Austria 99 2024
Azerbaijan 244 2023
Bahrain 234 2017
Bangladesh 50 2023
Belarus 345 2018
Belgium 97 2023
Benin 111 2021
Bhutan 145 2014
Bolivia 209 2023
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation 83 2019
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska 44 2023
Botswana 161 2022
Brazil 390 2022
Bulgaria 101 2023
Burkina Faso 39 2022
Burundi 105 2024
Cambodia 219 2022
Cameroon 116 2022
Canada 88 2022
Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 366 2023
Central African Republic 40 2022
Chad 59 2018
Chile 281 2023
China 165 2018
Colombia 198 2023
Comoros 46 2023
Congo (Republic of) 33 2019
Costa Rica 343 2022
Cote d'Ivoire 95 2023
Croatia 106 2023
Cuba 794 2020
Cyprus (Republic of) 103 2023
Czech Republic 181 2024
Democratic Republic of Congo 46 2022
Denmark 69 2023
Djibouti 71 2018
Dominican Republic 235 2024
Ecuador 167 2023
Egypt 116 2022
El Salvador 1,086 2022
Equatorial Guinea 63 2015
Estonia 129 2024
Eswatini 243 2022
Ethiopia 99 2020
Fiji 248 2024
Finland 51 2023
France 109 2023
Gabon 228 2021
Gambia 22 2021
Georgia 262 2024
Germany 67 2022
Ghana 45 2024
Greece 101 2023
Guatemala 123 2023
Guinea (Republic of) 34 2019
Guinea Bissau 31 2017
Guyana 271 2023
Haiti 99 2024
Honduras 191 2022
Hong Kong (China) 106 2022
Hungary 203 2023
India 41 2022
Indonesia 93 2024
Iran 228 2020
Iraq 179 2021
Ireland, Republic of 91 2024
Israel 217 2023
Italy 105 2024
Jamaica 125 2022
Japan 36 2021
Jordan 185 2022
Kazakhstan 184 2022
Kenya 107 2022
Kosovo/Kosova 99 2023
Kuwait 103 2021
Kyrgyzstan 117 2022
Laos 166 2018
Latvia 172 2023
Lebanon 129 2023
Lesotho 104 2019
Liberia 55 2023
Libya 269 2023
Lithuania 177 2023
Luxembourg 107 2023
Macau (China) 197 2023
Madagascar 98 2022
Malawi 76 2022
Malaysia 217 2023
Maldives 314 2020
Mali 40 2022
Malta 132 2024
Mauritania 57 2022
Mauritius 197 2024
Mexico 174 2024
Moldova (Republic of) 236 2023
Mongolia 183 2020
Montenegro 166 2023
Morocco 270 2023
Mozambique 67 2023
Myanmar (formerly Burma) 183 2020
Namibia 318 2021
Nepal 90 2022
Netherlands 65 2022
New Zealand 173 2023
Nicaragua 332 2018
Niger 40 2021
Nigeria 35 2024
North Macedonia 138 2023
Norway 54 2024
Oman 46 2015
Pakistan 38 2022
Panama 499 2023
Papua New Guinea 54 2022
Paraguay 233 2023
Peru 277 2023
Philippines 162 2022
Poland 199 2024
Portugal 116 2024
Qatar 58 2019
Republic of (South) Korea 103 2022
Reunion (France) 137 2023
Romania 124 2023
Russian Federation 300 2023
Rwanda 637 2023
Saudi Arabia 207 2017
Senegal 69 2023
Serbia 162 2023
Sierra Leone 57 2022
Singapore 156 2022
Slovakia 179 2024
Slovenia 86 2024
Solomon Islands 79 2019
South Africa 258 2023
South Sudan 58 2021
Spain 113 2023
Sri Lanka 142 2024
Sudan 52 2017
Suriname 185 2014
Sweden 82 2023
Switzerland 73 2023
Syria 60 2004
Taiwan 236 2024
Tajikistan 141 2022
Tanzania 50 2022
Thailand 377 2023
Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) 55 2021
Togo 59 2021
Trinidad and Tobago 276 2021
Tunisia 196 2021
Turkey 366 2024
Turkmenistan 576 2021
Uganda 150 2023
Ukraine 123 2022
United Arab Emirates 104 2014
United Kingdom (total) 144 2024
UK: England & Wales 146 2024
UK: Northern Ireland 97 2024
UK: Scotland 144 2024
United States of America 614 2024
Uruguay 424 2023
Uzbekistan 85 2022
Venezuela 199 2022
Vietnam 135 2022
Yemen 35 2017
Zambia 125 2024
Zimbabwe 138 2023

Sources and methodology

Country
Countries with a population greater than 500,000 people.
Incarceration rate
Number of people confined per 100,000 residents of each country.

Source: World Prison Brief as of June 1, 2024.
Year of most recent data
This is the year for which the most recent prison data is available through the World Prison Brief as of June 1, 2024.

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