Incarceration rates in selected countries 2024

As of January 2024, El Salvador had the highest prisoner rate worldwide, with over 1,000 prisoners per 100,000 of the national population. Cuba, Rwanda, Turkmenistan, and American Samoa, rounded out the top five countries with the highest rate of incarceration.Homicides in El Salvador El Salvador is not only the country with the highest prison rate worldwide, but also the country with the highest murder rate, reaching over 50 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2023. A high number of the countries with the highest homicide rate are located in Latin America.Prisoners in the United StatesThe United States is home to the largest number of prisoners worldwide. Roughly 1.8 million people were incarcerated in the U.S. at the end of 2023. In China, the estimated prison population totaled to 1.69 million people that year. Other nations had far fewer prisoners.The largest share of the U.S. prisoners in federal correctional facilities were of African-American origin. As of 2020, there were 345,500 black, non-Hispanic prisoners, compared to 327,300 white, non-hispanic inmates. The U.S. states with the largest number of prisoners in 2022 were Texas, California and Florida.Over 160,000 prisoners in state facilities were sentenced for rape or sexual assault, which was the most common cause of imprisonment. Second most common were murder, followed by aggravated or simple assault.

截至2024年1月，萨尔瓦多成为全球囚犯比率最高的国家，每10万人中就有超过1,000名囚犯。古巴、卢旺达、土库曼斯坦和美属萨摩亚紧随其后，共同构成了囚犯比率最高的前五名国家。在萨尔瓦多，谋杀率亦居世界首位，2023年每10万人中就有超过50人遇害。众多谋杀率极高的国家均位于拉丁美洲。至于美国，该国是全球囚犯数量最多的国家，截至2023年底，约有1,800万人被监禁。同年，中国的监狱人口估计为1,690万人。其他国家的囚犯数量则相对较少。在美国联邦矫正机构中，非洲裔美国人囚犯的比例最高。截至2020年，黑人非西班牙裔囚犯有345,500人，而白人非西班牙裔囚犯为327,300人。2022年，德克萨斯州、加利福尼亚州和佛罗里达州是美国囚犯数量最多的三个州。在州立设施中，超过16万人因强奸或性侵犯而被判刑，这是导致监禁的最常见原因。其次为谋杀，其后为加重或简单袭击。

搜集汇总

背景与挑战

背景概述

该数据集提供了截至2026年3月，全球各国每10万人口中的囚犯数量排名，其中萨尔瓦多、古巴、卢旺达、土库曼斯坦和美国位列前五。数据集还特别指出美国是世界上囚犯数量最多的国家，超过180万人被监禁。