Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population (%) in Belize
Belize: Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population (%) was 34.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Belize, 2005–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Belize recorded 34.7% for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in 2024.
The figure is up 7.4% on the previous year and down 35.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Belize peaked at 60.0% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 4.1%, in 2006.
That places Belize 71st out of 165 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population (%) in Belize, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4.9% | — |
| 2006 | 4.1% | -15.4% |
| 2009 | 59.9% | +1358.4% |
| 2010 | 60.0% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 55.6% | -7.4% |
| 2012 | 57.8% | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 54.5% | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 53.4% | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 56.9% | +6.5% |
| 2018 | 53.3% | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 53.1% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 37.6% | -29.1% |
| 2021 | 34.3% | -8.9% |
| 2022 | 36.4% | +6.0% |
| 2023 | 32.3% | -11.1% |
| 2024 | 34.7% | +7.4% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 34.7% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 34.6%, 1.0× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Belize's 34.7% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 38.0%, 91% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population (%) in Belize 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 | +1358.4% | 4.1% | 59.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23.0% | 4.1% | 59.9% | 3 |
| 2010s | 55.6% | 53.1% | 60.0% | 8 |
| 2020s | 35.1% | 32.3% | 37.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 68 Republic of Korea 35.0% compare
- 68 South Korea 35.0% compare
- 70 Ukraine 34.9% compare
- 72 Ecuador 34.6% compare
- 73 Côte d'Ivoire 33.7% compare
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More infrastructure data for Belize
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 270,536 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 67.17 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 17,806 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 4.42 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0442 units per person (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -6.28 % change on previous year (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 17,806 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.6717 units per person (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Belize?
- Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Belize was 34.7% 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 Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 60.0% in 2010.
- What is the lowest unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.1% in 2006.
- How does Belize rank for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population?
- Belize ranks 71st out of 165 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belize 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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