Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population (%) in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population (%) was 20.3% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Kazakhstan, 2005–2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Kazakhstan is 20.3%, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is up 10.6% on the previous year and up 31.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Kazakhstan peaked at 20.3% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 11.3%, in 2017.
That places Kazakhstan 120th out of 165 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population (%) in Kazakhstan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 15.6% | — |
| 2006 | 16.1% | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 16.7% | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 16.4% | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 15.4% | -6.1% |
| 2011 | 15.5% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 15.4% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 15.8% | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 15.3% | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 13.8% | -9.4% |
| 2017 | 11.3% | -18.0% |
| 2020 | 18.3% | +61.6% |
| 2022 | 20.3% | +10.6% |
Kazakhstan compared with similar countries
- Kazakhstan's 20.3% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 34.6%, 58% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Kazakhstan's 20.3% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 22.4%, 90% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population (%) in Kazakhstan 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 | +61.6% | 11.3% | 18.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.2% | 15.6% | 16.7% | 4 |
| 2010s | 14.6% | 11.3% | 15.8% | 7 |
| 2020s | 19.3% | 18.3% | 20.3% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Kazakhstan
More infrastructure data for Kazakhstan
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 26.17 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 127.08 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 2.44 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 11.87 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.1186 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -9.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 2.44 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.27 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 Kazakhstan?
- Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Kazakhstan was 20.3% in 2022, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 20.3% in 2022.
- What is the lowest unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.3% in 2017.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population?
- Kazakhstan ranks 120th out of 165 countries with data for 2022.
- Is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kazakhstan 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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