Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in El Salvador
El Salvador: Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population was 26.0% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in El Salvador, 2005–2019
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 26.0% for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in 2019.
That represents a change of down 11.9% on the previous year and down 19.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in El Salvador peaked at 35.6% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 19.5%, in 2014.
That places El Salvador 94th out of 164 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 27.4% | — |
| 2006 | 30.4% | +10.9% |
| 2007 | 35.6% | +17.1% |
| 2008 | 34.8% | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 32.4% | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 32.2% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 29.1% | -9.7% |
| 2012 | 27.2% | -6.5% |
| 2013 | 22.4% | -17.7% |
| 2014 | 19.5% | -13.0% |
| 2015 | 26.4% | +35.4% |
| 2016 | 32.8% | +24.2% |
| 2017 | 32.5% | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 29.5% | -9.1% |
| 2019 | 26.0% | -11.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 32.1% | 27.4% | 35.6% | 5 |
| 2010s | 27.7% | 19.5% | 32.8% | 10 |
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More infrastructure data for El Salvador
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 11.19 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 176.52 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 885,101 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 13.96 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.1396 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 0.6394 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 885,101 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.77 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in El Salvador?
- Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in El Salvador was 26.0% in 2019, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 35.6% in 2007.
- What is the lowest unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.5% in 2014.
- How does El Salvador rank for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population?
- El Salvador ranks 94th out of 164 countries with data for 2019.
- Is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador 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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