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 (%)
  Iceland 21.1
  Ireland, Republic of 19.9
  Austria 20.5
  Kosovo/Kosova 35.6
  United Kingdom: Scotland 27.2
  United Kingdom: Northern Ireland 36.0
  United Kingdom: England & Wales 18.5
  Slovakia 14.8
  Romania 12.7
  Portugal 21.9
  Poland 11.4
  Norway 28.8
  Italy 26.5
  Guernsey (United Kingdom) 14.9
  Georgia 18.5
  Czech Republic 7.9
  Albania 58.2
  Slovenia 26.9
  Estonia 15.8
  Croatia 32.3
  Spain 16.1
  North Macedonia 10.7
  Liechtenstein 100.0
  Bulgaria 18.4
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska 20.5
  Andorra 47.1
  France 31.6
  Sweden 26.9
  Germany 20.6
  Azerbaijan 25.3
  Serbia 27.8
  Luxembourg 46.3
  Latvia 25.4
  Finland 23.2
  Armenia 57.2
  Netherlands 32.6
  Turkey 12.3
  San Marino 88.9
  Montenegro 41.1
  Monaco 50.0
  Moldova (Republic of) 17.1
  Malta 32.8
  Greece 23.7
  Cyprus (Republic of) 24.1
  Belgium 36.2
  Faeroe Islands (Denmark) 65.9
  Lithuania 11.0
  Russian Federation 25.5
  Ukraine 35.6
  Denmark 39.3
  Hungary 22.6
  Switzerland 45.8
  Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 20.2
  Jersey (United Kingdom) 28.1
  Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 26.8
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation 19.8
  Belarus 16.6