Search results
The United States leads the world in total number of people incarcerated, with more than 2 million prisoners nationwide (per data released in October 2021 by World Prison Brief). This number is equivalent to roughly 25% of the world's total prison population and leads to an incarceration rate of 629 people per 100,000—the highest rate in the ...
- Crime Rates
10. Peru. Rounding up the list, Peru is one of the largest...
- Murder Rates
While 2022's global murder rate was 6.1 (per 100k people),...
- Crime Rates
List of countries by incarceration rate. This is an alphabetical list of countries and some dependent territories and subnational areas which lays out the incarceration rate of each. [1] Prison population rates from World Prison Brief. See date on map.
In 2022, the United States had 1,808,100 inmates in adult facilities (prisons and jails), at a rate of 541 per 100,000 population. That was the 5th highest rate in the world. [3] [1] In 2021, the United States had 1,767,200 inmates in adult facilities (prisons and jails). [3]
The United States is home to the largest number of prisoners worldwide. Roughly 1.8 million people were incarcerated in the U.S. at the end of 2023. In China, the estimated prison...
23 paź 2024 · Imprisonment rate of sentenced prisoners in the United States under federal or state jurisdiction in 2022, by sex and ethnicity (per 100,000 residents)
The United States tops the list with an incarceration rate of 629 per 100,000 population, followed by Rwanda (580), Turkmenistan (576), and El Salvador (564). Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean also show high rates, with Cuba, Panama, and Brazil among the top 15.
23 paź 2024 · Around 1.23 million people were imprisoned in the United States in 2022. This is a slight increase from the previous year, when 1.2 million people were in prison. Read more. Number of prisoners...
