The prison population rate in Ghana stood at 46 per 100,000 inhabitants as of 2020. This indicated a slight decrease from two years earlier, when the rate stood at 50 per 100,000 national population. Overall, Ghana counted more than 13.3 thousand people imprisoned in 2020.
Prison population rate in Ghana from 2000 to 2020
(per 100,000 inhabitants)
The date of publication is the date the data was accessed.
According to the source, the data is based on a national population estimate of 32.15 million at start of February 2023.
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World Prison Brief. (February 8, 2023). Prison population rate in Ghana from 2000 to 2020 (per 100,000 inhabitants) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1256143/prison-population-rate-in-ghana/
World Prison Brief. "Prison population rate in Ghana from 2000 to 2020 (per 100,000 inhabitants)." Chart. February 8, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1256143/prison-population-rate-in-ghana/
World Prison Brief. (2023). Prison population rate in Ghana from 2000 to 2020 (per 100,000 inhabitants). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1256143/prison-population-rate-in-ghana/
World Prison Brief. "Prison Population Rate in Ghana from 2000 to 2020 (per 100,000 Inhabitants)." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Feb 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1256143/prison-population-rate-in-ghana/
World Prison Brief, Prison population rate in Ghana from 2000 to 2020 (per 100,000 inhabitants) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1256143/prison-population-rate-in-ghana/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Prison population rate in Ghana from 2000 to 2020 (per 100,000 inhabitants) [Graph], World Prison Brief, February 8, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1256143/prison-population-rate-in-ghana/
