Top 100 Countries - Jails

Rank Countries
1 Maldives: 2.21996 per 1,000 people
2 Czech Republic: 2.07646 per 1,000 people
3 Papua New Guinea: 1.70857 per 1,000 people
4 Hong Kong: 1.53544 per 1,000 people
5 Malaysia: 1.09773 per 1,000 people
6 Montserrat: 0.107055 per 1,000 people
7 Switzerland: 0.0224329 per 1,000 people
8 Iceland: 0.0168499 per 1,000 people
9 Dominica: 0.0144867 per 1,000 people
10 Botswana: 0.0121951 per 1,000 people
11 Denmark: 0.0103093 per 1,000 people
12 Norway: 0.0100152 per 1,000 people
13 Turkey: 0.00801022 per 1,000 people
14 Mauritius: 0.00731113 per 1,000 people
15 Chile: 0.00700832 per 1,000 people
16 Suriname: 0.00684706 per 1,000 people
17 Panama: 0.0066879 per 1,000 people
18 Latvia: 0.00655022 per 1,000 people
19 Canada: 0.00646243 per 1,000 people
20 Portugal: 0.00605716 per 1,000 people
21 Finland: 0.0053609 per 1,000 people
22 United States: 0.00526825 per 1,000 people
23 Estonia: 0.00525131 per 1,000 people
24 Russia: 0.0051527 per 1,000 people
25 South Africa: 0.00496121 per 1,000 people
26 Australia: 0.00487805 per 1,000 people
27 New Zealand: 0.0047088 per 1,000 people
28 Zambia: 0.0046173 per 1,000 people
29 Bulgaria: 0.00442953 per 1,000 people
30 Mexico: 0.00418067 per 1,000 people
31 Moldova: 0.0040404 per 1,000 people
32 Italy: 0.0039757 per 1,000 people
33 Colombia: 0.00391116 per 1,000 people
34 Lithuania: 0.00389213 per 1,000 people
35 United Kingdom: 0.00387154 per 1,000 people
36 Azerbaijan: 0.00379171 per 1,000 people
37 Georgia: 0.00363481 per 1,000 people
38 Dominican Republic: 0.00353591 per 1,000 people
39 Ireland: 0.00348606 per 1,000 people
40 Macedonia: 0.00342298 per 1,000 people
41 Slovakia: 0.00331431 per 1,000 people
42 Zimbabwe: 0.0032892 per 1,000 people
43 Slovenia: 0.00298359 per 1,000 people
44 Hungary: 0.00289797 per 1,000 people
45 Ukraine: 0.00272358 per 1,000 people
46 Germany: 0.00269316 per 1,000 people
47 Belarus: 0.00262136 per 1,000 people
48 Jamaica: 0.00255848 per 1,000 people
49 Netherlands: 0.00243798 per 1,000 people
50 Thailand: 0.00208768 per 1,000 people
51 Kyrgyzstan: 0.00194326 per 1,000 people
52 Romania: 0.00165696 per 1,000 people
53 Indonesia: 0.00149603 per 1,000 people
54 Sri Lanka: 0.0014453 per 1,000 people
55 Japan: 0.00142838 per 1,000 people
56 Cyprus: 0.00128183 per 1,000 people
57 Venezuela: 0.00122167 per 1,000 people
58 Qatar: 0.00115868 per 1,000 people
59 Saudi Arabia: 0.00113559 per 1,000 people
60 Oman: 0.000666223 per 1,000 people
61 Korea, South: 0.000616764 per 1,000 people
62 Kazakhstan: 0.00019755 per 1,000 people