Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population was 36.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2010–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Bosnia and Herzegovina recorded 36.6% for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in 2024. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.1% on the previous year and up 201.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Bosnia and Herzegovina peaked at 36.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11.7%, in 2013.
That places Bosnia and Herzegovina 62nd out of 164 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Bosnia and Herzegovina, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 17.9% | — |
| 2011 | 14.6% | -18.5% |
| 2012 | 12.1% | -17.1% |
| 2013 | 11.7% | -3.6% |
| 2014 | 12.1% | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 15.1% | +24.0% |
| 2016 | 15.4% | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 15.4% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 28.1% | +82.0% |
| 2019 | 31.8% | +13.3% |
| 2020 | 27.1% | -15.0% |
| 2021 | 27.4% | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 30.6% | +11.7% |
| 2023 | 33.5% | +9.7% |
| 2024 | 36.6% | +9.1% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina compared with similar countries
- Bosnia and Herzegovina's 36.6% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 34.6%, 1.1× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina's 36.6% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 22.4%, 1.6× the median. (49 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +82.0% | 15.4% | 28.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 17.4% | 11.7% | 31.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.0% | 27.1% | 36.6% | 5 |
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More infrastructure data for Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 3.84 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 121.23 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 583,045 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 18.43 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.1843 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -4.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 583,045 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.21 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 36.6% 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- The highest recorded value was 36.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.7% in 2013.
- How does Bosnia and Herzegovina rank for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population?
- Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 62nd out of 164 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population rising or falling in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 201.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bosnia and Herzegovina 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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