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 (%)
  Tunisia 54.9
  South Africa 37.3
  Seychelles 24.5
  Uganda 45.7
  Liberia 66.2
  Burundi 47.8
  Zimbabwe 18.1
  Eswatini/Swaziland 24.5
  Nigeria 65.5
  Reunion (France) 21.5
  Lesotho 19.5
  Mauritius 43.1
  Mayotte (France) 56.5
  Ghana 11.4
  Angola 48.5
  Sao Tome e Principe 20.0
  Niger 62.0
  Rwanda 14.0
  Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 31.7
  Senegal 48.0
  Morocco 37.6
  Gabon 70.0
  Central African Republic 65.3
  Guinea (Republic of) 55.5
  Chad 28.8
  Somalia (Federal Republic of)
  Madagascar 47.0
  Mozambique 28.1
  Cameroon 55.5
  Benin 55.0
  Zambia 20.1
  Cote d'Ivoire 36.2
  Sierra Leone 51.1
  Kenya 42.9
  Libya 29.0
  Comoros 43.6
  Mali 71.7
  Democratic Republic of Congo 70.0
  South Sudan 28.9
  Burkina Faso 29.0
  Tanzania 31.4
  Egypt 33.3
  Mauritania 50.0
  Botswana 22.5
  Gambia 55.6
  Equatorial Guinea
  Togo 60.0
  Algeria 19.0
  Malawi 17.6
  Namibia 54.0
  Guinea Bissau 67.9
  Djibouti 35.8
  Congo (Republic of) 60.0
  Sudan 20.4
  Ethiopia 14.9
  Eritrea