Official prison capacity (count)
Compare official prison capacity (count) across 36 countries or territories using one fixed 2020 WHO reference slice.
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Key Insights
- •36 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite count observation in the fixed 2020 slice.
- •United Kingdom has the highest published value (91175 count).
- •San Marino has the lowest published value (8 count).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 20,123.2count)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
About This Statistic
Official prison capacity (count)
MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2020 WHO slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.
Methodology
Official prison capacity (count)
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 91,175.0count |
| 2 | Poland | 84,328.0count |
| 3 | Ukraine | 82,610.0count |
| 4 | Spain | 77,783.0count |
| 5 | Germany | 72,385.0count |
| 6 | France | 60,585.0count |
| 7 | Italy | 50,779.0count |
| 8 | Romania | 22,978.0count |
| 9 | Czech Republic | 19,733.0count |
| 10 | Hungary | 17,402.0count |
| 11 | Portugal | 12,600.0count |
| 12 | Georgia | 11,656.0count |
| 13 | Slovakia | 11,625.0count |
| 14 | Greece | 10,175.0count |
| 15 | Netherlands | 9,505.0count |
| 16 | Belgium | 9,372.0count |
| 17 | Austria | 8,869.0count |
| 18 | Bulgaria | 8,161.0count |
| 19 | Lithuania | 7,326.0count |
| 20 | Switzerland | 7,209.0count |
| 21 | Moldova, Republic of | 6,735.0count |
| 22 | Albania | 5,714.0count |
| 23 | Armenia | 5,346.0count |
| 24 | Latvia | 4,822.0count |
| 25 | Ireland | 4,375.0count |
| 26 | Denmark | 4,073.0count |
| 27 | Croatia | 4,041.0count |
| 28 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,792.0count |
| 29 | Estonia | 3,278.0count |
| 30 | Finland | 3,007.0count |
| 31 | Slovenia | 1,345.0count |
| 32 | Luxembourg | 600.0count |
| 33 | Cyprus | 543.0count |
| 34 | Malta | 421.0count |
| 35 | Monaco | 80.0count |
| 36 | San Marino | 8.0count |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Health Organization (2020).
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