Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population was 66.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Sri Lanka, 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 Sri Lanka is 66.2%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 81.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Sri Lanka peaked at 69.0% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 36.4%, in 2013.
That places Sri Lanka 7th out of 147 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 50.7% | — |
| 2010 | 53.4% | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 36.4% | -31.7% |
| 2015 | 52.8% | +45.0% |
| 2017 | 53.5% | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 69.0% | +29.1% |
| 2020 | 66.4% | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 66.2% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 50.7% | 50.7% | 50.7% | 1 |
| 2010s | 53.0% | 36.4% | 69.0% | 5 |
| 2020s | 66.3% | 66.2% | 66.4% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 4 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 69.9% compare
- 5 Pakistan 69.0% compare
- 6 Nigeria 66.8% compare
- 8 Philippines 65.2% compare
- 8 Timor-Leste 23.8% compare
- 9 Paraguay 63.9% compare
- 10 Faroe Islands 63.6% compare
- 10 Türkiye 14.4% compare
More infrastructure data for Sri Lanka
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 30.62 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 132.55 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 1.58 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 6.85 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0722 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -7.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 1.58 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.4 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Sri Lanka?
- Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Sri Lanka was 66.2% 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 69.0% in 2018.
- What is the lowest unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.4% in 2013.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population?
- Sri Lanka ranks 7th out of 147 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 81.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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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