Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population was 32.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Solomon Islands, 2005–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Solomon Islands recorded 32.7% for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Solomon Islands peaked at 61.2% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 32.7%, in 2024.
That places Solomon Islands 70th out of 147 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 34.2% | — |
| 2010 | 35.8% | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 33.0% | -7.8% |
| 2015 | 61.2% | +85.5% |
| 2017 | 48.2% | -21.3% |
| 2018 | 46.8% | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 32.7% | -30.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34.2% | 34.2% | 34.2% | 1 |
| 2010s | 45.0% | 33.0% | 61.2% | 5 |
| 2020s | 32.7% | 32.7% | 32.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
More infrastructure data for Solomon Islands
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 484,835 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 62.07 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 6,978 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.8934 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0089 units per person (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -0.3143 % change on previous year (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 6,978 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.6207 units per person (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Solomon Islands?
- Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Solomon Islands was 32.7% 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 Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 61.2% in 2015.
- What is the lowest unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.7% in 2024.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population?
- Solomon Islands ranks 70th out of 147 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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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