Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Belgium
Belgium: Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population was 23.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Belgium, 2005–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 23.6% for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 8.4% on the previous year and down 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Belgium peaked at 37.9% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 23.6%, in 2024.
Belgium ranks 98th of 147 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Belgium, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 37.9% | — |
| 2010 | 35.1% | -7.2% |
| 2012 | 32.1% | -8.6% |
| 2015 | 27.5% | -14.5% |
| 2017 | 34.2% | +24.7% |
| 2018 | 35.0% | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 27.9% | -20.1% |
| 2020 | 28.7% | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 27.1% | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 26.6% | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 25.8% | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 23.6% | -8.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 37.9% | 37.9% | 37.9% | 1 |
| 2010s | 32.0% | 27.5% | 35.1% | 6 |
| 2020s | 26.4% | 23.6% | 28.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More infrastructure data for Belgium
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 12.20 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 103.91 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 2.49 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 21.18 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.2097 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -10.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 2.49 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.03 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Belgium?
- Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Belgium was 23.6% 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 Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 37.9% in 2005.
- What is the lowest unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.6% in 2024.
- How does Belgium rank for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population?
- Belgium ranks 98th out of 147 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium 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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