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 (%)
  Vietnam
  Iceland 80.0
  Ireland, Republic of 102.7
  Canada 102.2
  New Zealand 93.8
  Niger 97.4
  Colombia 125.4
  Papua New Guinea 116.5
  Austria 103.9
  Kosovo/Kosova 97.1
  United Kingdom: Scotland 97.4
  United Kingdom: Northern Ireland 77.8
  United Kingdom: England & Wales 111.8
  Slovakia 86.5
  Romania 120.6
  Portugal 96.2
  Poland 90.1
  Norway 80.7
  Italy 115.0
  Guernsey (United Kingdom) 79.1
  Georgia 84.0
  Czech Republic 97.0
  Albania 88.2
  Peru 227.1
  Mauritius 116.9
  Rwanda 138.1
  Libya 141.6
  Mozambique 238.2
  Comoros 161.7
  Argentina 118.5
  South Africa 146.0
  Slovenia 112.2
  Jordan 144.0
  Guatemala 293.2
  Nepal 153.7
  Taiwan 114.8
  Sri Lanka 220.7
  Indonesia 196.4
  Mexico 107.3
  Ecuador 112.9
  Chile 91.3
  Nigeria 136.7
  Ghana 148.2
  Senegal 129.7
  Estonia 61.9
  Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 109.4
  Burundi 284.4
  Macau (China) 82.8
  Bangladesh 190.4
  Brazil 173.9
  Mali 223.3
  Uruguay 130.1
  Bolivia 263.6
  Guam (USA) 155.6
  Costa Rica 120.4
  Croatia 100.7
  Spain 74.1
  North Macedonia 98.1
  Liechtenstein 30.0
  Bulgaria 67.6
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska 39.7
  Andorra 40.5
  Dominica 73.0
  New Caledonia (France) 143.0
  Martinique (France) 135.5
  Guadeloupe (France) 140.9
  French Guiana/Guyane (France) 157.0
  Mayotte (France) 217.6
  France 122.8
  Seychelles 53.8
  Sweden 105.0
  Germany 77.6
  Azerbaijan 96.2
  Paraguay 171.6
  Reunion (France) 104.4
  Israel 111.0
  Dominican Republic 163.4
  Uganda 367.4
  Serbia 90.2
  Luxembourg 77.5
  Latvia 67.0
  Finland 94.9
  Armenia 52.5
  Netherlands 90.6
  Northern Mariana Islands (USA) 53.8
  Turkey 117.8
  San Marino 25.0
  Montenegro 77.0
  Monaco 31.0
  Moldova (Republic of) 91.9
  Australia 112.2
  Uzbekistan 80.0
  Qatar
  Kuwait 128.8
  Hong Kong (China) 74.0
  Panama 152.4
  South Sudan
  United States of America 95.6
  Liberia 222.1
  Cuba
  El Salvador 236.7
  Belize 57.1
  Morocco 154.8
  St. Vincent and the Grenadines 79.8
  Malta 58.7
  Greece 103.4
  Cyprus (Republic of) 173.8
  Belgium 116.1
  Kyrgyzstan 61.7
  Republic of (South) Korea 108.1
  Faeroe Islands (Denmark) 87.9
  Greenland (Denmark) 89.0
  Honduras 150.8
  Madagascar 262.1
  Cote d'Ivoire 318.6
  Cameroon 177.6
  Burkina Faso 160.1
  Afghanistan 179.9
  Anguilla (United Kingdom) 91.7
  Egypt
  Pakistan 136.8
  Malaysia 110.2
  Lebanon 271.4
  Cambodia 345.9
  Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) 81.4
  Trinidad and Tobago 81.8
  St. Lucia 102.8
  St. Kitts and Nevis 144.0
  Puerto Rico (USA) 69.7
  Jamaica 87.0
  Grenada 191.4
  Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) 122.8
  Barbados 61.5
  Aruba (Netherlands) 68.4
  Antigua and Barbuda 155.3
  Zimbabwe 130.1
  Zambia 262.3
  Tanzania 109.0
  Sierra Leone 192.4
  Mauritania 101.8
  Eswatini/Swaziland 120.0
  Botswana 86.0
  Benin 160.1
  Singapore 79.2
  Thailand 115.5
  French Polynesia (France) 87.8
  Guyana 151.0
  Lithuania 74.5
  Russian Federation 67.0
  Philippines 362.0
  Kenya 173.2
  Angola 119.0
  Ukraine 54.4
  Vanuatu 106.7
  India 130.2
  Gambia 172.5
  Samoa 121.2
  Maldives 125.0
  Japan 56.6
  Kazakhstan 62.4
  Tajikistan 61.5
  Denmark 97.4
  Central African Republic
  Curaçao (Netherlands) 63.9
  Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) 173.4
  Solomon Islands 77.7
  American Samoa (USA) 166.2
  Iraq 139.2
  Virgin Islands (USA) 162.5
  Gabon
  Hungary 107.5
  Switzerland 89.6
  Suriname 75.2
  Equatorial Guinea
  Chad 232.3
  Fiji 111.7
  Venezuela 157.5
  Guinea (Republic of) 171.4
  Palau 132.8
  Mongolia 124.4
  Togo 183.5
  Democratic Republic of Congo 322.8
  Algeria 119.0
  Malawi 233.8
  Namibia 75.4
  Laos
  Haiti 454.4
  Lesotho 70.6
  Myanmar (formerly Burma) 111.5
  Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 65.2
  Tunisia 126.4
  Yemen
  Guinea Bissau 102.2
  Sao Tome e Principe 130.0
  Jersey (United Kingdom) 69.5
  Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 93.9
  Turkmenistan 85.0
  China
  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) 96.3
  Bermuda (United Kingdom) 59.7
  Bahamas 161.7
  Saudi Arabia
  Djibouti 171.4
  Congo (Republic of) 616.9
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation 98.3
  Brunei Darussalam 143.8
  Iran 153.0
  Belarus 83.4
  Marshall Islands 97.2
  Cook Islands (New Zealand) 50.0
  Nicaragua 177.6
  Bahrain 110.2
  Sudan 255.3
  Ethiopia
  Eritrea
  Kiribati 112.8
  Democratic People's Republic of (North) Korea
  Oman
  Tuvalu
  Tonga 81.5
  Nauru 14.0
  Micronesia, Federated States of 88.0
  Bhutan
  Somalia
  United Arab Emirates 158.9
  Syria 65.6