Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population (%) in Barbados
Barbados: Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population (%) was 57.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Barbados, 2005–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2024, unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Barbados stood at 57.9%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 47.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Barbados peaked at 84.1% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 34.1%, in 2008.
Barbados ranks 22nd of 165 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population (%) in Barbados, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 37.9% | — |
| 2007 | 37.4% | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 34.1% | -8.8% |
| 2009 | 61.6% | +80.4% |
| 2010 | 39.2% | -36.3% |
| 2011 | 40.8% | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 42.6% | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 40.4% | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 39.2% | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 54.9% | +40.0% |
| 2016 | 48.3% | -12.0% |
| 2017 | 50.8% | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 77.7% | +52.8% |
| 2019 | 84.1% | +8.3% |
| 2020 | 64.6% | -23.2% |
| 2021 | 49.8% | -22.9% |
| 2022 | 52.6% | +5.7% |
| 2023 | 57.9% | +10.0% |
| 2024 | 57.9% | +0.0% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 57.9% is above the median for high income countries, which is 25.6%, 2.3× the median. (60 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 57.9% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 38.0%, 1.5× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population (%) in Barbados changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +80.4% | 34.1% | 61.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 42.8% | 34.1% | 61.6% | 4 |
| 2010s | 51.8% | 39.2% | 84.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.5% | 49.8% | 64.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
More infrastructure data for Barbados
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 323,482 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 114.58 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 121,314 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 42.97 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.4297 units per person (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 0.2761 % change on previous year (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 121,314 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.15 units per person (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Barbados?
- Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Barbados was 57.9% 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 Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 84.1% in 2019.
- What is the lowest unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.1% in 2008.
- How does Barbados rank for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population?
- Barbados ranks 22nd out of 165 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Barbados 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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