Share of prisoners that are pre trial detainees by country
Countries reporting
150
Highest
87.1
Lebanon
Lowest
7.1
Brunei Darussalam
Median
29.4
Years covered
29
1998–2026
Data points
888
What the numbers show
Share of prisoners that are pre trial detainees is currently reported for 150 countries. The highest value is 87.1 in Lebanon; the lowest is 7.1 in Brunei Darussalam.
The median across all reporting countries is 29.4, and the mean is 33.93.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.
Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Iceland (up 165.3%), and the largest decrease in Uruguay (down 81.7%).
Share of prisoners that are pre trial detainees: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lebanon | 87.1 | 2023 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 2 | Haiti | 82 | 2025 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 3 | Liechtenstein | 75 | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 4 | India | 73.5 | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 5 | Pakistan | 73.4 | 2024 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 73.1 | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 7 | Sri Lanka | 72.4 | 2026 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 8 | Liberia | 66.2 | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 9 | Philippines | 65.2 | 2022 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 10 | Nigeria | 65 | 2025 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 11 | Dominican Republic | 64.6 | 2025 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 12 | Saint Lucia | 64.4 | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 13 | Paraguay | 60.8 | 2025 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 14 | Bolivia | 60.7 | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 15 | Togo | 60 | 2021 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 16 | Trinidad and Tobago | 59.7 | 2021 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 17 | Yemen | 59 | 2022 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 18 | Albania | 58 | 2025 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 19 | Gambia | 55.6 | 2021 | up 85.3% | rising |
| 20 | Cameroon | 55.5 | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 21 | Benin | 55 | 2024 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 21 | Venezuela | 55 | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 23 | Barbados | 54.7 | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 24 | Armenia | 53.3 | 2024 | up 85.7% | rising |
| 25 | Nepal | 53 | 2025 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 26 | Sierra Leone | 51.1 | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 27 | Honduras | 49.2 | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 28 | Switzerland | 48.8 | 2025 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 29 | Dominica | 48.1 | 2024 | up 111.0% | rising |
| 30 | Senegal | 48 | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 31 | Burundi | 47.5 | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 32 | Montenegro | 47.4 | 2024 | up 80.2% | flat |
| 33 | Luxembourg | 47.3 | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 34 | Guatemala | 47.2 | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 35 | Canada | 46.6 | 2023 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 36 | Uganda | 45.8 | 2025 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 37 | Antigua and Barbuda | 43.3 | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 38 | Mauritius | 43.2 | 2025 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 39 | Kenya | 42.9 | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 39 | Papua New Guinea | 42.9 | 2023 | up 13.5% | flat |
| 41 | Australia | 42.2 | 2025 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 42 | Monaco | 41.9 | 2024 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 43 | Malta | 41.6 | 2024 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 44 | Croatia | 41.4 | 2023 | up 91.7% | rising |
| 45 | Mexico | 41.1 | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 46 | New Zealand | 40.4 | 2025 | up 67.6% | rising |
| 47 | Hong Kong (China) | 40 | 2025 | up 113.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Madagascar | 39.6 | 2024 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 49 | Argentina | 38.8 | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 50 | Faroe Islands | 38.5 | 2024 | up 103.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Morocco | 37.6 | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 52 | South Africa | 37.3 | 2025 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 53 | Bahamas | 37 | 2023 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 54 | Jordan | 36.9 | 2022 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 55 | Slovenia | 36.8 | 2026 | up 112.7% | rising |
| 56 | Peru | 36.6 | 2025 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 57 | Ukraine | 36.5 | 2023 | up 73.8% | rising |
| 58 | Belize | 36.4 | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 59 | Côte d’Ivoire | 36.2 | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 60 | Ecuador | 35.8 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 61 | Chile | 35.7 | 2025 | up 24.4% | falling |
| 62 | Korea | 35.6 | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 63 | Denmark | 35.5 | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 64 | Panama | 35.1 | 2025 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 65 | Malaysia | 33.6 | 2025 | up 30.2% | flat |
| 66 | Solomon Islands | 32.7 | 2024 | down 46.7% | rising |
| 67 | Belgium | 32.6 | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 68 | Iceland | 32.1 | 2024 | up 165.3% | rising |
| 69 | Cabo Verde | 31.7 | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 70 | France | 31.5 | 2025 | up 19.8% | falling |
| 71 | Tanzania | 31.4 | 2023 | down 40.9% | flat |
| 72 | Andorra | 31.1 | 2024 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 73 | Norway | 30.6 | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 74 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 30.5 | 2022 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 75 | Cayman Islands | 29.6 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 76 | Netherlands | 29.2 | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 77 | Burkina Faso | 29 | 2024 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 77 | Libya | 29 | 2023 | down 67.6% | falling |
| 79 | Sweden | 28.3 | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 80 | Mozambique | 28.1 | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 80 | Jersey | 28.1 | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 82 | Greece | 27.6 | 2024 | up 32.1% | falling |
| 83 | Guyana | 27 | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 84 | Bailiwick of Guernsey | 26.8 | 2026 | up 148.1% | falling |
| 85 | Cambodia | 26.6 | 2025 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 86 | Germany | 26.3 | 2024 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 87 | Cyprus | 26 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 88 | Finland | 25.7 | 2024 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 89 | Russia | 25.5 | 2023 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 89 | United States | 25.5 | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 91 | Israel | 25.2 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 92 | Eswatini | 24.5 | 2025 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 92 | Seychelles | 24.5 | 2025 | up 23.1% | falling |
| 94 | Azerbaijan | 24.3 | 2024 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 94 | Mongolia | 24.3 | 2023 | up 38.1% | flat |
| 94 | Portugal | 24.3 | 2025 | up 49.1% | falling |
| 97 | Italy | 24.1 | 2025 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 98 | Estonia | 24 | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 99 | Latvia | 23.7 | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 100 | Brazil | 23.6 | 2024 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 101 | Georgia | 23.2 | 2025 | up 71.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Timor-Leste | 23.2 | 2021 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 103 | El Salvador | 23.1 | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 104 | Greenland | 22.8 | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 104 | Hungary | 22.8 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 106 | Botswana | 22.5 | 2022 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 106 | Jamaica | 22.5 | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 106 | Thailand | 22.5 | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 109 | Macau (China) | 22.4 | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 110 | Indonesia | 21.7 | 2025 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 111 | Bulgaria | 21.5 | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 111 | Serbia | 21.5 | 2024 | up 48.3% | falling |
| 113 | Nicaragua | 21.4 | 2018 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 114 | Fiji | 20.6 | 2024 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 115 | Kyrgyzstan | 20.5 | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 116 | Grenada | 20.4 | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 117 | Kazakhstan | 20.3 | 2024 | up 73.5% | rising |
| 118 | Isle of Man | 20.2 | 2025 | up 124.4% | falling |
| 118 | Moldova | 20.2 | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 120 | Zambia | 20.1 | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 121 | Sao Tome and Principe | 20 | 2023 | up 83.5% | falling |
| 122 | Lesotho | 19.5 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 123 | Ireland | 19.4 | 2025 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 124 | Austria | 19.1 | 2026 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 124 | Colombia | 19.1 | 2025 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 126 | Algeria | 19 | 2021 | up 53.2% | falling |
| 127 | Zimbabwe | 18.1 | 2025 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 128 | Spain | 17.7 | 2024 | up 40.5% | falling |
| 129 | Malawi | 17.6 | 2024 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 130 | Costa Rica | 17.5 | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 131 | Belarus | 16.6 | 2018 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 132 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 16.1 | 2024 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 132 | Vanuatu | 16.1 | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 134 | Japan | 15.2 | 2024 | up 38.2% | falling |
| 135 | Myanmar | 15.1 | 2020 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 136 | Ethiopia | 14.9 | 2020 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Kuwait | 14.6 | 2023 | up 46.0% | falling |
| 138 | Slovak Republic | 14.1 | 2025 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 139 | Rwanda | 14 | 2024 | up 89.2% | rising |
| 140 | Puerto Rico | 13.1 | 2022 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 141 | Uruguay | 12.7 | 2024 | down 81.7% | falling |
| 142 | Singapore | 12.5 | 2024 | up 23.8% | falling |
| 143 | North Macedonia | 12.1 | 2024 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 144 | Lithuania | 11.8 | 2024 | up 16.8% | falling |
| 145 | Ghana | 11.4 | 2025 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 146 | Poland | 11.3 | 2025 | up 91.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Romania | 9.2 | 2025 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 148 | Czechia | 8.8 | 2025 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Chinese Taipei | 8.5 | 2025 | up 44.1% | falling |
| 150 | Brunei Darussalam | 7.1 | 2022 | up 57.8% | falling |