Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Mozambique
Mozambique: Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population was 27.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Mozambique, 2004–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 27.9% for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 15.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Mozambique peaked at 77.3% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 27.9%, in 2024.
That places Mozambique 79th out of 147 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 77.3% | — |
| 2005 | 73.6% | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 71.5% | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 71.0% | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 66.8% | -5.8% |
| 2009 | 65.5% | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 32.6% | -50.2% |
| 2014 | 32.9% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 32.5% | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 34.8% | +7.3% |
| 2019 | 30.4% | -12.8% |
| 2020 | 31.9% | +5.1% |
| 2021 | 30.6% | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 28.9% | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 28.1% | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 27.9% | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 70.9% | 65.5% | 77.3% | 6 |
| 2010s | 32.6% | 30.4% | 34.8% | 5 |
| 2020s | 29.5% | 27.9% | 31.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
More infrastructure data for Mozambique
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 17.14 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 49.5 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 28,329 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.0818 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0008 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -6.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 28,329 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.495 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Mozambique?
- Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Mozambique was 27.9% 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 Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 77.3% in 2004.
- What is the lowest unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.9% in 2024.
- How does Mozambique rank for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population?
- Mozambique ranks 79th out of 147 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mozambique 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 16 observations, free to reuse under UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested).