Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Switzerland
Switzerland: Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population was 51.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Switzerland, 2003–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2024, unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Switzerland stood at 51.9%. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 22.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Switzerland peaked at 51.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 41.6%, in 2007.
Switzerland ranks 29th of 147 countries on this measure, in the top 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 Switzerland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 46.2% | — |
| 2004 | 45.0% | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 42.5% | -5.6% |
| 2006 | 42.0% | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 41.6% | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 44.3% | +6.5% |
| 2009 | 45.0% | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 44.5% | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 42.8% | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 45.1% | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 43.8% | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 42.5% | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 42.4% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 42.6% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 42.0% | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 45.0% | +7.1% |
| 2019 | 44.3% | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 46.6% | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 46.5% | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 48.7% | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 49.2% | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 51.9% | +5.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 43.8% | 41.6% | 46.2% | 7 |
| 2010s | 43.5% | 42.0% | 45.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 48.6% | 46.5% | 51.9% | 5 |
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- Mobile cellular subscriptions 11.55 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 129.47 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 2.73 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 30.59 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.3031 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -5.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 2.73 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.28 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 Switzerland?
- Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Switzerland was 51.9% 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 51.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.6% in 2007.
- How does Switzerland rank for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population?
- Switzerland ranks 29th out of 147 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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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