Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population was 62.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Saint Lucia, 2005–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Saint Lucia recorded 62.1% for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in 2024.
That represents a change of down 10.1% on the previous year and up 53.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Saint Lucia peaked at 70.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 32.4%, in 2005.
Saint Lucia ranks 12th of 147 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 32.4% | — |
| 2010 | 47.3% | +46.1% |
| 2012 | 40.9% | -13.7% |
| 2014 | 40.5% | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 50.3% | +24.2% |
| 2017 | 57.6% | +14.5% |
| 2018 | 63.5% | +10.2% |
| 2019 | 65.6% | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 70.3% | +7.3% |
| 2021 | 64.8% | -7.9% |
| 2022 | 63.7% | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 69.1% | +8.5% |
| 2024 | 62.1% | -10.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 32.4% | 32.4% | 32.4% | 1 |
| 2010s | 52.2% | 40.5% | 65.6% | 7 |
| 2020s | 66.0% | 62.1% | 70.3% | 5 |
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More infrastructure data for Saint Lucia
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 176,399 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 98.67 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 30,640 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 17.14 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.1714 units per person (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -4.9 % change on previous year (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 30,640 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.9867 units per person (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Saint Lucia?
- Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Saint Lucia was 62.1% 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 Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 70.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.4% in 2005.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population?
- Saint Lucia ranks 12th out of 147 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Lucia 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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