Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population (%) in World
World: Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population (%) was 30.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in World, 2003–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2024, unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in World stood at 30.9%.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in World peaked at 31.7% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 28.3%, in 2011.
World ranks 13th of 30 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 World, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 29.9% | — |
| 2004 | 29.0% | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 29.5% | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 29.7% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 29.7% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 29.0% | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 29.1% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 28.4% | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 28.3% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 28.7% | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 28.9% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 29.5% | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 29.4% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 30.0% | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 29.9% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 29.6% | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 29.2% | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 30.6% | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 31.7% | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 31.3% | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 31.3% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 30.9% | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 29.4% | 29.0% | 29.9% | 7 |
| 2010s | 29.2% | 28.3% | 30.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.2% | 30.6% | 31.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 10 Faroe Islands 63.6% compare
- 11 Trinidad and Tobago 62.3% compare
- 12 Saint Lucia 62.1% compare
- 13 Albania 62.0% compare
- 14 Dominican Republic 62.0% compare
- 15 Niger 62.0% compare
- 16 Grenada 61.0% compare
More infrastructure data for World
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 9.17 billion (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 111.5 per 100 people (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 815.00 million (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 9.9 per 100 people (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0992 units per person (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -2.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 815.00 million (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.12 units per person (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in World?
- Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population in World was 30.9% 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 31.7% in 2021.
- What is the lowest unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.3% in 2011.
- How does World rank for unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population?
- World ranks 13th out of 30 groups with data for 2024.
- Is unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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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