Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Madagascar
Madagascar: Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population was 39.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Madagascar, 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 Madagascar is 39.3%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.8% on the previous year and down 25.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Madagascar peaked at 86.4% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 31.8%, in 2023.
Madagascar ranks 48th of 147 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 86.4% | — |
| 2010 | 51.1% | -40.8% |
| 2011 | 51.1% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 54.5% | +6.8% |
| 2013 | 54.4% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 52.9% | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 53.5% | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 55.8% | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 56.4% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 46.0% | -18.4% |
| 2022 | 50.0% | +8.7% |
| 2023 | 31.8% | -36.4% |
| 2024 | 39.3% | +23.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 86.4% | 86.4% | 86.4% | 1 |
| 2010s | 53.7% | 51.1% | 56.4% | 8 |
| 2020s | 41.8% | 31.8% | 50.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
More infrastructure data for Madagascar
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 23.54 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 75.46 per 100 people (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 3,413 (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.0109 per 100 people (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0001 units per person (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -91.32 % change on previous year (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 3,413 (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.7546 units per person (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0015 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Madagascar?
- Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Madagascar was 39.3% 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 86.4% in 2005.
- What is the lowest unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.8% in 2023.
- How does Madagascar rank for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population?
- Madagascar ranks 48th out of 147 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar 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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