Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Albania
Albania: Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population was 62.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Albania, 2003–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Albania recorded 62.0% for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in 2024. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is up 10.3% on the previous year and up 20.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Albania peaked at 62.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 19.1%, in 2003.
That places Albania 13th out of 147 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Albania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 19.1% | — |
| 2004 | 21.2% | +10.6% |
| 2005 | 25.2% | +19.0% |
| 2006 | 24.8% | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 38.8% | +56.4% |
| 2008 | 39.6% | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 34.9% | -11.9% |
| 2010 | 40.5% | +16.1% |
| 2011 | 39.7% | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 38.0% | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 39.5% | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 51.4% | +30.1% |
| 2015 | 49.2% | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 49.4% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 41.8% | -15.3% |
| 2018 | 41.8% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 44.9% | +7.5% |
| 2020 | 50.4% | +12.3% |
| 2021 | 56.4% | +11.8% |
| 2022 | 56.5% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 56.2% | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 62.0% | +10.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 29.1% | 19.1% | 39.6% | 7 |
| 2010s | 43.6% | 38.0% | 51.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.3% | 50.4% | 62.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Albania
- 10 Faroe Islands 63.6% compare
- 10 Türkiye 14.4% compare
- 11 Trinidad and Tobago 62.3% compare
- 11 Viet Nam 11.5% compare
- 12 Saint Lucia 62.1% compare
- 14 Dominican Republic 62.0% compare
- 15 Niger 62.0% compare
- 16 Grenada 61.0% compare
More infrastructure data for Albania
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 2.49 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 89.13 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 165,380 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 5.92 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0696 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -4.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 165,380 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.05 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Albania?
- Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Albania was 62.0% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 62.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.1% in 2003.
- How does Albania rank for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population?
- Albania ranks 13th out of 147 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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