Share of prisoners that are pre-trial detainees by country
Pre-trial detainees and remand prisoners as a percentage of the total prison population.
Countries reporting
150
Highest
87.1%
Lebanon
Lowest
7.1%
Brunei
Median
29.4%
Years covered
29
1998β2026
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.
The median across all reporting countries is 29.4%, and the mean is 33.9%.
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 | 82.0% | 2025 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 3 | Liechtenstein | 75.0% | 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 | 65.0% | 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 | 60.0% | 2021 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 16 | Trinidad and Tobago | 59.7% | 2021 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 17 | Yemen | 59.0% | 2022 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 18 | Albania | 58.0% | 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 | 55.0% | 2024 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 21 | Venezuela | 55.0% | 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 | 53.0% | 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 | 48.0% | 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 | 40.0% | 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 | 37.0% | 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 | Cote 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 | South 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 | Cape 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 | 29.0% | 2024 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 77 | Libya | 29.0% | 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 | 27.0% | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 84 | 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 | 26.0% | 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 | 24.0% | 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 | East Timor | 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 | Macao | 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 | 20.0% | 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 | 19.0% | 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 | Slovakia | 14.1% | 2025 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 139 | Rwanda | 14.0% | 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 | Taiwan | 8.5% | 2025 | up 44.1% | falling |
| 150 | Brunei | 7.1% | 2022 | up 57.8% | falling |
About this data
Pre-trial detainees and remand prisoners as a percentage of the total prison population.