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

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Ranking Title Female Prisoners (%)
  Slovakia 7.4
  Malta 7.1
  Singapore 10.2
  Paraguay 5.2
  United Kingdom: Scotland 3.8
  United Kingdom: Northern Ireland 4.4
  United Kingdom: England & Wales 4.0
  Slovenia 4.9
  Romania 4.4
  Portugal 7.3
  Poland 4.8
  Norway 6.4
  Lithuania 4.1
  Italy 4.3
  Ireland, Republic of 4.7
  Guernsey (United Kingdom) 6.3
  Georgia 3.4
  Estonia 5.3
  Czech Republic 8.6
  Austria 6.7
  Albania 1.3
  Taiwan 8.8
  Ecuador 5.9
  Dominican Republic 2.6
  Colombia 6.7
  Nigeria 2.2
  Ghana 1.2
  Thailand 11.6
  New Zealand 6.3
  New Caledonia (France) 1.3
  French Polynesia (France) 3.2
  Martinique (France) 3.6
  Guadeloupe (France) 3.0
  French Guiana/Guyane (France) 5.5
  Mayotte (France) 1.3
  France 4.3
  Russian Federation 8.9
  Philippines 9.8
  Mexico 5.6
  Guyana 2.8
  Chile 7.4
  Uganda 4.6
  Angola 2.5
  Guatemala 11.7
  Mauritius 6.5
  Burundi 7.2
  Kenya 5.1
  Sweden 5.8
  Iceland 6.0
  Bulgaria 3.1
  Guam (USA) 3.9
  Ukraine 3.9
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska 1.6
  Belgium 4.9
  Azerbaijan 2.7
  Andorra 13.1
  North Macedonia 2.7
  Macau (China) 14.8
  Seychelles 8.2
  Bangladesh 3.9
  United States of America 10.2
  Faeroe Islands (Denmark) 0.0
  Canada 7.0
  Greenland (Denmark) 13.8
  Argentina 4.4
  Moldova (Republic of) 5.6
  Vanuatu 6.7
  India 4.1
  Indonesia 4.9
  South Africa 2.6
  Peru 5.1
  Spain 7.1
  Gambia 2.6
  Malaysia 5.9
  Panama 5.2
  Samoa 5.3
  Maldives 4.3
  Japan 8.6
  Zimbabwe 2.1
  Mauritania 1.0
  Mali 2.8
  Croatia 5.9
  Uruguay 7.1
  Brazil 5.1
  Bolivia 6.1
  El Salvador 7.4
  Kazakhstan 7.0
  Costa Rica 3.6
  Tajikistan 2.4
  Barbados 3.4
  Antigua and Barbuda 5.5
  Germany 5.6
  Hong Kong (China) 19.7
  Dominica 1.5
  Curaçao (Netherlands) 2.6
  Zambia 2.7
  Belize 3.1
  Morocco 2.3
  Denmark 4.8
  Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) 4.1
  Solomon Islands 1.7
  American Samoa (USA) 9.6
  Iraq 2.6
  Virgin Islands (USA) 5.2
  St. Kitts and Nevis 3.6
  Gabon 2.2
  Botswana 4.7
  Benin 3.5
  Central African Republic 5.0
  Netherlands 4.6
  Latvia 7.2
  Serbia 4.3
  Mozambique 2.9
  Cameroon 2.6
  Fiji 2.5
  Luxembourg 5.4
  Hungary 7.5
  Finland 7.1
  Israel 1.0
  Venezuela 7.8
  Honduras 5.5
  Madagascar 5.5
  Guinea (Republic of) 3.0
  Switzerland 6.0
  Palau 3.9
  Greece 4.7
  Armenia 2.3
  Sri Lanka 4.9
  Pakistan 1.6
  Mongolia 4.5
  Lebanon 2.8
  Kuwait 5.8
  Cambodia 6.6
  Suriname 2.8
  St. Vincent and the Grenadines 3.4
  St. Lucia 3.1
  Grenada 1.6
  Togo 2.6
  Tanzania 3.4
  Sierra Leone 1.5
  Libya 3.3
  Liberia 2.8
  eSwatini/Swaziland 2.9
  Equatorial Guinea 5.0
  Egypt 3.7
  Democratic Republic of Congo 2.3
  Cote d'Ivoire 2.5
  Comoros 1.6
  Chad 2.4
  Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 2.9
  Algeria 1.5
  Montenegro 3.2
  Turkey 3.9
  Monaco 7.7
  Liechtenstein 0.0
  San Marino 11.1
  Reunion (France) 2.8
  Namibia 2.9
  Senegal 2.6
  Laos 13.7
  Haiti 3.6
  Lesotho 2.9
  Myanmar (formerly Burma) 12.3
  Burkina Faso 1.5
  Australia 7.5
  Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 6.4
  Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) 4.5
  Tunisia 3.3
  Yemen 1.3
  Guinea Bissau 2.6
  Vietnam 12.1
  Nepal 5.4
  Sao Tome e Principe 4.0
  Rwanda 5.4
  Jamaica 4.0
  Papua New Guinea 4.9
  Jersey (United Kingdom) 6.8
  Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 7.1
  Cyprus (Republic of) 4.6
  Turkmenistan 6.5
  Jordan 2.2
  China 8.6
  Afghanistan 3.0
  Niger 3.7
  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) 8.0
  Bermuda (United Kingdom) 2.9
  Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) 6.3
  Bahamas 3.1
  Saudi Arabia 1.9
  Puerto Rico (USA) 3.7
  Djibouti 5.0
  Kosovo/Kosova 2.7
  Uzbekistan
  Congo (Republic of) 3.7
  Malawi 1.1
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation 3.2
  Republic of (South) Korea 7.3
  Brunei Darussalam 11.9
  Iran 3.1
  Belarus 10.8
  Kyrgyzstan 4.2
  Anguilla (United Kingdom) 0.0
  Marshall Islands 0.0
  Cook Islands (New Zealand) 8.3
  Nicaragua 5.4
  Bahrain 4.7
  Sudan 1.7
  Ethiopia 4.2
  Eritrea
  Trinidad and Tobago 2.9
  Northern Mariana Islands (USA) 5.8
  Kiribati 0.8
  Democratic People's Republic of (North) Korea
  Oman 4.5
  South Sudan 10.9
  Tuvalu 0.0
  Tonga 4.5
  Nauru 7.1
  Micronesia, Federated States of 0.0
  Qatar 14.7
  Aruba (Netherlands) 3.5
  Bhutan 4.3
  Somalia
  United Arab Emirates 11.7
  Syria 7.4
  Cuba

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