Incarceration rates in selected countries 2024

Countries with the largest number of prisoners per 100,000 of the national population, as of January 2024

CharacteristicNumber of prisoners per 100,000 population
El Salvador 1,086
Cuba 794
Rwanda 637
Turkmenistan 576
American Samoa 538
United States 531
Panama 499
Guam 475
Palau 428
Uruguay 424
Seychelles 413
Bahamas 409
Turkey 400
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