Highest to Lowest - Occupancy level (based on official capacity)

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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 Occupancy Level (%)
  Seychelles 53.8
  Uganda 358.0
  Burundi 251.0
  Nigeria 136.7
  Reunion (France) 129.9
  Ghana 136.6
  Mauritius 116.9
  Mayotte (France) 222.7
  Angola 106.7
  Sao Tome e Principe 333.3
  South Africa 148.5
  Rwanda 140.7
  Niger 97.4
  Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 109.4
  Morocco 158.8
  Gabon
  Central African Republic 190.5
  Guinea (Republic of) 171.4
  Chad 133.4
  Somalia (Federal Republic of)
  Benin 279.5
  Zimbabwe 130.1
  Zambia 265.0
  Mozambique 247.9
  Cote d'Ivoire 297.1
  Cameroon 164.3
  Sierra Leone 178.5
  Madagascar 277.5
  Kenya 176.5
  Libya 141.6
  Comoros 161.7
  Senegal 129.7
  Mali 223.3
  Democratic Republic of Congo 322.8
  South Sudan
  Liberia 222.1
  Burkina Faso 164.9
  Egypt 207.3
  Tanzania 109.0
  Mauritania 101.8
  Eswatini/Swaziland 120.0
  Botswana 86.0
  Gambia 172.5
  Equatorial Guinea
  Togo 183.5
  Algeria 119.0
  Malawi 236.2
  Namibia 75.4
  Lesotho 70.6
  Tunisia 126.4
  Guinea Bissau 102.2
  Djibouti 171.4
  Congo (Republic of) 616.9
  Sudan 255.3
  Ethiopia
  Eritrea