Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population (%) in Grenada
Grenada: Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population (%) was 61.0% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Grenada, 2005–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Grenada is 61.0%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 305.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Grenada peaked at 61.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 15.1%, in 2014.
Grenada ranks 16th of 165 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population (%) in Grenada, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 17.3% | — |
| 2009 | 20.1% | +15.9% |
| 2010 | 19.9% | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 20.8% | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 25.6% | +22.9% |
| 2013 | 25.2% | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 15.1% | -40.3% |
| 2015 | 17.1% | +13.7% |
| 2016 | 19.3% | +12.4% |
| 2017 | 20.4% | +5.7% |
| 2018 | 21.1% | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 22.1% | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 52.1% | +136.1% |
| 2021 | 29.7% | -43.1% |
| 2022 | 60.3% | +103.2% |
| 2023 | 60.3% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 61.0% | +1.2% |
Grenada compared with similar countries
- Grenada's 61.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 34.6%, 1.8× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Grenada's 61.0% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 38.0%, 1.6× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population (%) in Grenada 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +136.1% | 22.1% | 52.1% |
| 2022 | +103.2% | 29.7% | 60.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.7% | 17.3% | 20.1% | 2 |
| 2010s | 20.6% | 15.1% | 25.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 52.7% | 29.7% | 61.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Grenada
More infrastructure data for Grenada
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 111,955 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 95.76 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 16,991 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 14.53 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.1453 units per person (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -34.68 % change on previous year (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 16,991 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.9576 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 Grenada?
- Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Grenada was 61.0% 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 Grenada?
- The highest recorded value was 61.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population recorded in Grenada?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.1% in 2014.
- How does Grenada rank for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population?
- Grenada ranks 16th out of 165 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population rising or falling in Grenada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 305.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Grenada 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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