Inhaftierungsraten weltweit (pro 100.000 Menschen)
Von vladgrinch
Inhaftierungsraten weltweit (pro 100.000 Menschen)
Von vladgrinch
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The US holds less than 5% of the world’s population but has nearly 25% of its prisoners.
Rwanda and El Salvador really had no alternative in the short term.
Australia has the weird idea lately that we need to be tougher on crime, particularly regarding bail.
> The number of people in Australian prisons is at an all-time high and almost half of them have not been sentenced. Unsentenced prisoners, also known as people on remand, increased by 8 per cent (1,345 people) to 19,119 in the last quarter, accounting for 42 per cent of people in prison.
Should say “Reported incarceration rates”
Evidence of American exceptionalism, again.
That’s some horrible map projection. Greenland’s larger than South America and even Africa.
Murica #1 yay
Land of the incarcerated
So why are they coming here instead of Africa?
For those who are interested, here are some data sources
[World Population Review – Incarceration Rates by Country 2025](https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/incarceration-rates-by-country)
[Wikipedia – List of countries by incarceration rate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate)
There are 71 Countries below 100 per 100k inhabitants
77 countries between 100 and 199 per 100k
You forgot the millions of Muslims on Chinese detention centers and reeducation camps
„Top 5 countries“ proceeds to show the worst 5 countries 😒
Is the data for El Salvador likely outdated?
The war on drugs was/is a primary driver of incarceration rates in the US. Those rates have been coming down in recent years, but not fast enough.
Fuck they should have done one just for texas
We are just going to ignore the millions of people in concentration camps in China??
Or the fact that in Islamic countries they just execute you and your family instead of prison for virtually anything they don’t like?
This map is a joke
These numbers are pretty outdated, the US rate (while still very high) has gone down by 100, leaving it at #5, while El Salvador’s has gone up to ~1600, meaning that more than 1% of its population is currently in prison.
WE’RE NUMBER 1!!!!
WE’RE NUMBER 1!!!
/sarcasm
The US has high crime and a high ability to actually catch criminals.
Ideally you’d have a low amount of people in jail because of a low amount of crime, but high crime and no one in jail is just anarchy.
Or worse, atrocious behavior just ain’t illegal.
And why America??
Why does Thailand have such a high incarceration rate?
I don’t believe china’s numbers.
The real problem with incarceration rate statistics is that the less a country is ruled by law, the fewer people are going to be in prison anyway.
For example, I **know** that a country like South Africa has super high crime rates for just about every category. In a sane world, they’d have a sky-high incarceration rate. But they don’t. That tells me that policing isn’t effective, the judicial system doesn’t work and you can get away with a lot, apparently.
I’m not trying to say it’s a hell hole, I’m just saying that I absolutely won’t be visiting any time soon but I wouldn’t know any of this if I went by incarceration rate statistics.
Land of the „free“ eh…
Home of the FREE. Amerika number ONE!!! WoooHooo.
Are we all going to act like despotic countries will be forthcoming with this info. “Yeah, we imprison and oppress our people, but damn it at least we provide accurate figures for the world. That must count for something!”