Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population was 60.6% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2009–2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
Saint Kitts and Nevis recorded 60.6% for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in 2022. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 23.5% on the previous year and up 94.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Saint Kitts and Nevis peaked at 60.6% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 17.7%, in 2009.
Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 17th of 164 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Saint Kitts and Nevis, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 17.7% | — |
| 2010 | 22.7% | +28.1% |
| 2011 | 31.2% | +37.5% |
| 2013 | 29.7% | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 30.4% | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 51.2% | +68.3% |
| 2018 | 59.6% | +16.3% |
| 2019 | 47.6% | -20.1% |
| 2020 | 51.7% | +8.7% |
| 2021 | 49.0% | -5.3% |
| 2022 | 60.6% | +23.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.7% | 17.7% | 17.7% | 1 |
| 2010s | 38.9% | 22.7% | 59.6% | 7 |
| 2020s | 53.8% | 49.0% | 60.6% | 3 |
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More infrastructure data for Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 55,592 (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 118.89 per 100 people (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 15,602 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 33.4 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.334 units per person (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -0.6242 % change on previous year (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 15,602 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.19 units per person (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Saint Kitts and Nevis was 60.6% in 2022, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population recorded in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- The highest recorded value was 60.6% in 2022.
- What is the lowest unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population recorded in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.7% in 2009.
- How does Saint Kitts and Nevis rank for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population?
- Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 17th out of 164 countries with data for 2022.
- Is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population rising or falling in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- Over the last ten years it is up 94.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Kitts and Nevis 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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