Highest to Lowest - Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners

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Data shown in the highest to lowest lists are the most recent available but not necessarily from the same date. Please click on each individual country to see the date to which the data refer. As it is not possible to obtain meaningful comparative data on numbers of children in custody in different countries, we do not include juvenile imprisonment data in the highest to lowest lists.

Ranking Title Pre-trial Detainees (%)
  Sao Tome e Principe 20.0
  Mayotte (France) 56.5
  Reunion (France) 21.5
  Seychelles 29.0
  Uganda 45.8
  Sierra Leone 51.1
  Nigeria 68.9
  Ghana 11.2
  Mozambique 28.1
  Madagascar 47.0
  Cote d'Ivoire 33.2
  Burundi 52.7
  Kenya 41.0
  Angola 48.7
  Morocco 41.0
  Mauritius 51.9
  Niger 61.8
  Rwanda 14.0
  Libya 29.0
  Comoros 43.6
  South Africa 35.6
  Senegal 53.8
  Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 31.7
  Mali 69.0
  Democratic Republic of Congo 70.0
  South Sudan 28.9
  Liberia 71.2
  Cameroon 58.0
  Benin 66.6
  Zambia 20.1
  Burkina Faso 29.9
  Zimbabwe 25.0
  Egypt 33.3
  Tanzania 50.0
  Mauritania 50.0
  Eswatini/Swaziland 24.5
  Botswana 22.5
  Gambia 55.6
  Central African Republic 84.1
  Gabon 80.2
  Equatorial Guinea
  Chad 63.4
  Guinea (Republic of) 54.2
  Togo 60.0
  Algeria 19.0
  Malawi 17.6
  Namibia 54.0
  Lesotho 19.5
  Tunisia 54.9
  Guinea Bissau 67.9
  Djibouti 35.8
  Congo (Republic of) 60.0
  Sudan 20.4
  Ethiopia 14.9
  Eritrea
  Federal Republic of Somalia