Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population (%) in Ukraine
Ukraine: Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population (%) was 34.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Ukraine, 2003–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Ukraine is 34.9%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.6% on the previous year and up 66.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Ukraine peaked at 34.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11.2%, in 2005.
That places Ukraine 70th out of 165 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population (%) in Ukraine, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 13.1% | — |
| 2004 | 11.9% | -8.7% |
| 2005 | 11.2% | -5.9% |
| 2006 | 11.6% | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 12.3% | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 13.7% | +11.5% |
| 2009 | 15.8% | +15.3% |
| 2010 | 25.6% | +61.6% |
| 2011 | 24.4% | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 21.0% | -14.2% |
| 2015 | 19.3% | -8.0% |
| 2016 | 24.3% | +26.1% |
| 2017 | 29.2% | +19.9% |
| 2018 | 30.5% | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 30.9% | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 30.4% | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 30.2% | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 30.2% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 30.4% | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 34.9% | +14.6% |
Ukraine compared with similar countries
- Ukraine's 34.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 34.6%, 1.0× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Ukraine's 34.9% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 22.4%, 1.6× the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.8% | 11.2% | 15.8% | 7 |
| 2010s | 25.6% | 19.3% | 30.9% | 8 |
| 2020s | 31.2% | 30.2% | 34.9% | 5 |
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More infrastructure data for Ukraine
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 50.33 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 133.38 per 100 people (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 1.43 million (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 3.8 per 100 people (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.038 units per person (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -17.54 % change on previous year (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 1.43 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.33 units per person (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Ukraine?
- Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Ukraine was 34.9% 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 Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 34.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.2% in 2005.
- How does Ukraine rank for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population?
- Ukraine ranks 70th out of 165 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ukraine 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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