Highest to Lowest - Prison Population Rate

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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 Prison Population Rate
  Ecuador 184
  Brazil 416
  Paraguay 250
  Chile 315
  Peru 290
  French Guiana/Guyane (France) 321
  Colombia 199
  Argentina 268
  Uruguay 449
  Suriname 134
  Guyana 288
  Bolivia 252
  Venezuela 199