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 (%)
  Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 20.2
  Switzerland 48.8
  Portugal 23.2
  Albania 58.4
  Moldova (Republic of) 20.2
  Romania 9.2
  Belgium 32.6
  Poland 10.9
  Norway 29.5
  Georgia 21.4
  Estonia 20.4
  Czech Republic 8.6
  United Kingdom: Scotland 25.5
  Turkey 14.9
  Slovenia 39.8
  United Kingdom: Northern Ireland 39.3
  United Kingdom: England & Wales 20.3
  Slovakia 14.8
  Italy 24.4
  Ireland, Republic of 20.0
  Guernsey (United Kingdom) 23.7
  France 30.6
  Austria 19.5
  Jersey (United Kingdom) 28.1
  Ukraine 36.5
  Spain 17.5
  North Macedonia 12.1
  Liechtenstein 75.0
  Iceland 32.1
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska 22.7
  Andorra 31.1
  Croatia 41.4
  Bulgaria 21.5
  Sweden 28.3
  Germany 26.3
  Azerbaijan 24.3
  Denmark 35.5
  Serbia 21.5
  Luxembourg 47.3
  Latvia 23.7
  Finland 25.7
  Armenia 53.3
  Netherlands 29.2
  Montenegro 47.4
  San Marino 100.0
  Monaco 41.9
  Hungary 22.8
  Lithuania 11.8
  Malta 41.6
  Greece 27.6
  Cyprus (Republic of) 30.8
  Faeroe Islands (Denmark) 50.0
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation 21.3
  Kosovo/Kosova 35.6
  Russian Federation 25.5
  Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 26.8
  Belarus 16.6

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