Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population (%) in Morocco
Morocco: Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population (%) was 10.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Morocco, 2005–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2024, unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Morocco stood at 10.5%. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of down 18.4% on the previous year and down 75.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Morocco peaked at 55.8% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 10.5%, in 2024.
Morocco ranks 155th of 165 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population (%) in Morocco, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 55.8% | — |
| 2007 | 47.4% | -15.0% |
| 2008 | 48.9% | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 51.0% | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 47.0% | -7.9% |
| 2011 | 42.4% | -9.8% |
| 2012 | 46.2% | +8.9% |
| 2013 | 43.1% | -6.6% |
| 2014 | 42.5% | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 41.0% | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 40.5% | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 14.9% | -63.1% |
| 2018 | 14.9% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 14.5% | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 18.1% | +24.7% |
| 2021 | 17.4% | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 15.5% | -10.7% |
| 2023 | 12.8% | -17.2% |
| 2024 | 10.5% | -18.4% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 10.5% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 33.7%, 31% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 10.5% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 36.9%, 28% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population (%) in Morocco 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | -63.1% | 40.5% | 14.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 50.8% | 47.4% | 55.8% | 4 |
| 2010s | 34.7% | 14.5% | 47.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.9% | 10.5% | 18.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More infrastructure data for Morocco
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 58.29 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 153.06 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 3.04 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 7.98 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0797 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 5.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 3.04 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.53 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Morocco?
- Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Morocco was 10.5% 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 Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 55.8% in 2005.
- What is the lowest unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.5% in 2024.
- How does Morocco rank for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population?
- Morocco ranks 155th out of 165 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 75.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Morocco 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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