Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Singapore
Singapore: Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population was 13.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Singapore, 2003–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Singapore is 13.1%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is up 5.5% on the previous year and up 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Singapore peaked at 13.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.6%, in 2005.
Singapore ranks 131st of 147 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Singapore, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 4.8% | — |
| 2004 | 3.7% | -22.7% |
| 2005 | 3.6% | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 4.3% | +18.6% |
| 2007 | 4.3% | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 6.7% | +54.3% |
| 2009 | 6.4% | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 7.0% | +9.7% |
| 2011 | 9.6% | +36.9% |
| 2012 | 8.5% | -10.9% |
| 2013 | 9.5% | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 10.6% | +12.1% |
| 2015 | 10.6% | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 10.0% | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 12.2% | +21.8% |
| 2018 | 12.4% | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 10.5% | -15.7% |
| 2020 | 10.5% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 10.8% | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 11.3% | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 12.5% | +10.3% |
| 2024 | 13.1% | +5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.8% | 3.6% | 6.7% | 7 |
| 2010s | 10.1% | 7.0% | 12.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.6% | 10.5% | 13.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
More infrastructure data for Singapore
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 9.96 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 170.78 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 2.04 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 34.99 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.3381 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 7.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 2.04 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.65 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Singapore?
- Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Singapore was 13.1% 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 Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 13.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.6% in 2005.
- How does Singapore rank for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population?
- Singapore ranks 131st out of 147 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Singapore 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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