Highest to Lowest - Female prisoners (percentage of prison population)

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Ranking Title Female Prisoners (%)
  Iceland 8.3
  Jordan 2.2
  Taiwan 8.8
  Sri Lanka 3.9
  Indonesia 4.7
  Mexico 5.7
  Guatemala 12.0
  Ecuador 5.4
  Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 2.9
  Senegal 2.6
  Chile 7.8
  Nigeria 2.3
  Ghana 1.2
  Burundi 7.1
  Macau (China) 15.4
  Nepal 5.4
  Bangladesh 3.9
  Uruguay 7.4
  Bolivia 6.1
  Guam (USA) 3.9
  Costa Rica 3.2
  Croatia 5.9
  Spain 7.1
  North Macedonia 3.1
  Liechtenstein 0.0
  Bulgaria 3.7
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska 2.1
  Andorra 11.8
  Dominica 1.3
  Czech Republic 8.7
  Albania 1.2
  New Caledonia (France) 1.3
  Martinique (France) 3.0
  Guadeloupe (France) 2.2
  French Guiana/Guyane (France) 7.7
  Mayotte (France) 1.3
  France 4.5
  Seychelles 8.0
  United Kingdom: Scotland 4.1
  United Kingdom: Northern Ireland 4.4
  United Kingdom: England & Wales 4.0
  Slovenia 5.4
  Slovakia 7.7
  Portugal 7.5
  Poland 5.0
  Norway 5.8
  Italy 4.3
  Ireland, Republic of 4.4
  Guernsey (United Kingdom) 5.1
  Georgia 3.5
  Estonia 4.7
  Colombia 6.6
  Sweden 5.9
  Germany 5.6
  Azerbaijan 2.8
  Paraguay 5.2
  Austria 6.8
  Reunion (France) 2.3
  Israel 1.0
  Dominican Republic 2.5
  Uganda 4.6
  Mauritius 5.9
  Serbia 4.1
  Luxembourg 5.4
  Latvia 8.4
  Finland 7.1
  Armenia 2.9
  Netherlands 4.6
  Northern Mariana Islands (USA) 5.8
  Turkey 3.9
  San Marino 11.1
  Montenegro 3.2
  Monaco 14.3
  Moldova (Republic of) 5.4
  Australia 7.3
  Uzbekistan
  Qatar 4.6
  Kuwait 5.8
  Hong Kong (China) 19.7
  Panama 5.1
  South Sudan 10.9
  United States of America 10.2
  Liberia 2.8
  Cuba
  El Salvador 7.4
  Belize 3.0
  St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2.8
  Peru 5.1
  Malta 8.6
  Greece 4.9
  Cyprus (Republic of) 9.5
  Belgium 4.5
  Morocco 2.4
  Kyrgyzstan 2.9
  Republic of (South) Korea 8.1
  Faeroe Islands (Denmark) 0.0
  Greenland (Denmark) 13.8
  Honduras 5.5
  Rwanda 5.4
  Madagascar 5.5
  Cote d'Ivoire 2.5
  Cameroon 2.6
  Burkina Faso 1.7
  Afghanistan 7.9
  Anguilla (United Kingdom) 0.0
  Egypt 3.7
  Pakistan 1.6
  Malaysia 5.9
  Lebanon 2.9
  Cambodia 6.6
  Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) 4.5
  Trinidad and Tobago 2.9
  St. Lucia 2.7
  St. Kitts and Nevis 3.6
  Puerto Rico (USA) 3.7
  Jamaica 4.0
  Grenada 1.3
  Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) 6.6
  Barbados 3.4
  Aruba (Netherlands) 7.9
  Antigua and Barbuda 5.5
  Zimbabwe 2.1
  Zambia 2.7
  Tanzania 3.4
  Sierra Leone 1.5
  Mauritania 2.0
  Eswatini/Swaziland 2.9
  Botswana 5.0
  Benin 3.3
  Singapore 10.2
  French Polynesia (France) 2.6
  Romania 4.5
  New Zealand 5.7
  Guyana 2.8
  Lithuania 4.1
  Thailand 11.6
  Russian Federation 8.9
  Philippines 9.8
  Kenya 5.1
  Angola 2.5
  Ukraine 3.9
  Canada 7.0
  Argentina 4.4
  Vanuatu 6.7
  India 4.1
  South Africa 2.6
  Gambia 2.6
  Samoa 5.3
  Maldives 4.3
  Japan 8.6
  Mali 2.8
  Brazil 5.1
  Kazakhstan 7.0
  Tajikistan 2.4
  Denmark 4.8
  Central African Republic 2.3
  Curaçao (Netherlands) 2.6
  Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) 4.1
  Solomon Islands 1.7
  American Samoa (USA) 9.6
  Iraq 2.6
  Virgin Islands (USA) 5.2
  Gabon 2.2
  Hungary 7.5
  Switzerland 5.9
  Suriname 2.8
  Mozambique 2.9
  Equatorial Guinea 5.0
  Chad 2.4
  Fiji 2.5
  Venezuela 7.8
  Guinea (Republic of) 3.0
  Palau 3.9
  Mongolia 4.5
  Togo 2.6
  Libya 3.3
  Democratic Republic of Congo 2.3
  Comoros 1.6
  Algeria 1.5
  Malawi 1.1
  Namibia 2.9
  Laos 13.7
  Haiti 3.6
  Lesotho 2.9
  Myanmar (formerly Burma) 12.3
  Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 4.4
  Tunisia 3.3
  Yemen 1.3
  Guinea Bissau 2.6
  Vietnam 12.1
  Sao Tome e Principe 4.0
  Papua New Guinea 4.9
  Jersey (United Kingdom) 6.8
  Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 7.1
  Turkmenistan 6.5
  China 8.6
  Niger 3.7
  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) 8.0
  Bermuda (United Kingdom) 2.9
  Bahamas 3.1
  Saudi Arabia 1.9
  Djibouti 5.0
  Kosovo/Kosova 2.7
  Congo (Republic of) 3.7
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation 3.2
  Brunei Darussalam 11.9
  Iran 3.1
  Belarus 10.8
  Marshall Islands 0.0
  Cook Islands (New Zealand) 8.3
  Nicaragua 5.4
  Bahrain 4.7
  Sudan 1.7
  Ethiopia 4.2
  Eritrea
  Kiribati 0.8
  Democratic People's Republic of (North) Korea
  Oman 4.5
  Tuvalu 0.0
  Tonga 4.5
  Nauru 7.1
  Micronesia, Federated States of 0.0
  Bhutan 4.3
  Somalia
  United Arab Emirates 11.7
  Syria 7.4

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