Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Uruguay
Uruguay: Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population was 6.3% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Uruguay, 2003–2023
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 6.3% for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is down 21.1% on the previous year and down 90.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Uruguay peaked at 69.4% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 6.3%, in 2023.
Uruguay ranks 145th of 147 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 60.4% | — |
| 2004 | 57.0% | -5.5% |
| 2006 | 60.1% | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 64.8% | +7.8% |
| 2011 | 63.3% | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 67.2% | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 63.3% | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 65.5% | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 69.4% | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 67.3% | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 66.9% | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 43.3% | -35.2% |
| 2019 | 22.0% | -49.2% |
| 2020 | 14.7% | -33.1% |
| 2021 | 12.2% | -17.4% |
| 2022 | 8.0% | -34.6% |
| 2023 | 6.3% | -21.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 59.2% | 57.0% | 60.4% | 3 |
| 2010s | 59.3% | 22.0% | 69.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.3% | 6.3% | 14.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More infrastructure data for Uruguay
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 4.93 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 145.5 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 1.21 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 35.62 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.3562 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 0.1195 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 1.21 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.46 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Uruguay?
- Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in Uruguay was 6.3% in 2023, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 69.4% in 2015.
- What is the lowest unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.3% in 2023.
- How does Uruguay rank for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population?
- Uruguay ranks 145th out of 147 countries with data for 2023.
- Is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 90.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay 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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