List of countries by incarceration rate explained

This is an alphabetical list of countries and some dependent territories and subnational areas which lays out the incarceration rate of each.^[1]

Incarceration rates and counts

The World Prison Brief (WPB) may or may not incorporate juvenile incarceration numbers into the totals for each country, dependent territory, or subnational area. The data below is the latest available at WPB at the time the data was copied here. See the individual WPB country and subnational area pages for more info on data, dates, juvenile numbers, and much more.^[1]

* indicates "Incarceration in LOCATION" or "Crime in LOCATION" links.
Note: This table fully updated July 26, 2023. Some individual countries since then.
Note: See N/A definition. "Not available" in this case.

Incarceration counts and rates (per 100,000). World Prison Brief

Location	^[2]	^[3]
	36	14,000
	174	4,807
	217	94,749
	538	301
	64	51
	79	24,966
	240	36
	237	233
	249	114,074
	72	2,128
	238	254
	158	41,155
	97	8,798
	219	22,334
	409	1,617
	234	3,485
	46	81,156
	258	743
	345	32,556
	97	11,326
	289	1,199
	111	14,190
	200	124
	145	1,119
	175	20,864
	83	1,813
	46	554
	161	3,971
	389	835,643
	186	841
	93	6,386
	38	8,369
	85	12,188
	219	38,050
	116	32,003
	85	32,261
	296	1,549
	266	189
	40	1,990
	59	8,700
	264	49,845
	119	1,690,000
	196	100,639
	43	387
	27	1,388
	224	47
	301	15,516
	92	25,121
	102	3,955
	794	90,000
	261	429
	103	947
	187	19,747
	24	22,820
	72	4,248
	71
	316	237
	222	25,383
	167	30,540
	116	120,000
	1,086	71,000
	143	85,851
	63	500
	150	1,994
	243	3,405
	99	110,000
	23	12
	256	2,379
	51	2,827
	107	73,080
	280	907
	189	539
	228	5,226
	22	543
	265	9,626
	67	56,557
	47	15,185
	273	92
	103	10,723
	241	136
	335	379
	190	851
	408	700
	127	24,031
	112	74
	34	4,375
	31	596
	271	2,156
	98	11,253
	191	19,619
	106	7,751
	194	18,800
	35	133
	40	554,034
	99	275,518
	228	189,000
	179	73,715
	91	4,702
	103	90
	168	14,961
	97	57,230
	125	3,559
	33	40,881
	135	146
	185	19,140
	184	35,228
	107	58,887
	113	129
	93	1,642
	103	4,500
	117	7,633
	166	11,885
	169	3,169
	143	9,500
	104	2,216
	55	3,000
	176	12,300
	31	12
	177	4,955
	106	685
	197	1,323
	98	28,830
	76	16,366
	217	72,437
	314	1,700
	40	8,670
	113	589
	66	35
	254	976
	57	2,826
	197	2,567
	205	600
	175	232,230
	127	132
	236	6,084
	36	14
	183	5,832
	153	948
	260	97,204
	62	20,517
	183	100,324
	318	8,900
	140	14
	83	25,400
	65	11,447
	195	572
	162	8,376
	332	20,918
	39	9,187
	35	77,684
	128	2,362
	99	1,900
	273	153
	55	2,975
	46	1,960
	38	87,712
	428	77
	499	22,239
	58	5,087
	234	17,065
	264	90,516
	162	180,826
	208	78,102
	122	12,623
	221	7,176
	58	1,644
	103	52,940
	137	1,249
	122	23,079
	300	433,006
	621	84,710
	179	358
	26	9
	115	260
	207
	141	7,775
	67	12,430
	155	10,557
	360	362
	57	4,801
	156	9,536
	196	87
	187	10,164
	70	1,490
	79	500
	250	151,755
	58	8,400
	116	55,095
	128	27,634
	296	160
	278	514
	347	385
	52	21,000
	185	1,000
	74	7,713
	73	6,445
	60	10,599
	234	54,946
	141	14,000
	50	32,671
	377	262,319
	55	763
	59	4,990
	166	176
	276	3,802
	196	23,484
	392	336,315
	576	35,000
	110	11
	151	75,205
	123	48,038
	104	9,826
	531	1,767,200
	408	14,347
	85	29,000
	65	195
	199	67,200
	130	125,697
	368	114
	345	359
	35	9,719
	118	24,000
	121	22,114

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See also

• Crime statistics
• List of prisons
• List of countries by execution rate
• List of countries by intentional homicide rate
• List of U.S. states by homicide rate
• United States incarceration rate

External links

• Core Publications of the World Prison Brief. Such as the World Prison Population List, and the World Female Imprisonment List.
• Persons Detained Statistics of incarceration ("detained") from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
• Data Analysis Tools – Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) – Prisoners. United States Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Notes and References

1. http://www.prisonstudies.org/highest-to-lowest Highest to Lowest
2. https://www.prisonstudies.org/highest-to-lowest/prison_population_rate?field_region_taxonomy_tid=All Highest to Lowest - Prison Population Rate
3. https://www.prisonstudies.org/highest-to-lowest/prison-population-total?field_region_taxonomy_tid=All Highest to Lowest - Prison Population Total
4. . This flag template removes the names of the countries behind territories, subnational areas, etc.. Other flag templates (such as) do not do that. But that template can not create specialized country links. See .