Ranking Countries

Incarceration rate

People held in prison per 100,000 population.

Benin: 97 per 100k — would rank 2nd among US states

Benin over time

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  1. 1stVatican City0
  2. 2ndYemen11
  3. 3rdSomalia15
  4. 4thGambia21
  5. 5thRepublic of the Congo25
  6. 6thSan Marino26
  7. 7thNigeria32
  8. 8thGuinea-Bissau32
  9. 9thJapan32
  10. 10thMonaco33
  11. 11thGuinea34
  12. 12thEquatorial Guinea34
  13. 13thIceland36
  14. 14thPakistan36
  15. 15thMali38
  16. 16thBurkina Faso39
  17. 17thIndia40
  18. 18thGhana41
  19. 19thDR Congo43
  20. 20thOman47
  21. 21stBangladesh48
  22. 22ndSudan49
  23. 23rdComoros50
  24. 24thNiger50
  25. 25thTanzania50
  26. 26thPapua New Guinea52
  27. 27thChad52
  28. 28thCentral African Republic52
  29. 29thFinland53
  30. 30thLiberia56
  31. 31stTogo56
  32. 32ndTimor-Leste57
  33. 33rdAndorra58
  34. 34thSyria58
  35. 35thMauritania58
  36. 36thSierra Leone58
  37. 37thNorway62
  38. 38thVanuatu64
  39. 39thNetherlands65
  40. 40thMozambique65
  41. 41stDjibouti66
  42. 42ndSolomon Islands68
  43. 43rdSlovenia68
  44. 44thDenmark70
  45. 45thGermany70
  46. 46thAngola70
  47. 47thMarshall Islands70
  48. 48thAfghanistan71
  49. 49thQatar71
  50. 50thCyprus71
  51. 51stKyrgyzstan71
  52. 52ndSenegal73
  53. 53rdSwitzerland75
  54. 54thSouth Sudan77
  55. 55thMalawi80
  56. 56thBulgaria81
  57. 57thIvory Coast83
  58. 58thUzbekistan83
  59. 59thArmenia84
  60. 60thCanada91
  61. 61stLuxembourg91
  62. 62ndIreland91
  63. 63rdSweden92
  64. 64thEthiopia93
  65. 65thNepal93
  66. 66thKuwait93
  67. 67thBurundi93
  68. 68thSri Lanka96
  69. 69thBenin97
  70. 70thMadagascar98
  71. 71stIndonesia99
  72. 72ndAustria100
  73. 73rdGreece100
  74. 74thTuvalu100
  75. 75thHaiti100
  76. 76thLesotho100
  77. 77thBelgium102
  78. 78thItaly103
  79. 79thEgypt104
  80. 80thKenya109
  81. 81stUnited Arab Emirates109
  82. 82ndKiribati109
  83. 83rdBosnia and Herzegovina110
  84. 84thLebanon110
  85. 85thCroatia114
  86. 86thSouth Korea114
  87. 87thFrance114
  88. 88thCameroon116
  89. 89thUkraine117
  90. 90thPortugal118
  91. 91stSpain118
  92. 92ndZambia119
  93. 93rdTajikistan120
  94. 94thSão Tomé and Príncipe120
  95. 95thLiechtenstein121
  96. 96thMicronesia122
  97. 97thNorth Macedonia124
  98. 98thRomania124
  99. 99thMalta126
  100. 100thJamaica131
  101. 101stGuatemala134
  102. 102ndVietnam134
  103. 103rdEstonia135
  104. 104thZimbabwe138
  105. 105thBrunei140
  106. 106thUganda149
  107. 107thNew Zealand155
  108. 108thPhilippines159
  109. 109thLithuania159
  110. 110thSaudi Arabia160
  111. 111thAustralia161
  112. 112thBotswana163
  113. 113thMongolia165
  114. 114thMontenegro165
  115. 115thLaos167
  116. 116thJordan170
  117. 117thSingapore170
  118. 118thSamoa171
  119. 119thIraq171
  120. 120thSuriname173
  121. 121stSerbia173
  122. 122ndEcuador173
  123. 123rdLatvia174
  124. 124thKazakhstan176
  125. 125thSlovakia176
  126. 126thAlbania178
  127. 127thMexico180
  128. 128thCzechia181
  129. 129thHonduras183
  130. 130thHungary185
  131. 131stMauritius187
  132. 132ndMyanmar189
  133. 133rdPoland192
  134. 134thTunisia195
  135. 135thColombia201
  136. 136thMoldova210
  137. 137thAlgeria212
  138. 138thIsrael213
  139. 139thIran215
  140. 140thMalaysia216
  141. 141stGabon220
  142. 142ndCambodia221
  143. 143rdDominican Republic229
  144. 144thSouth Africa232
  145. 145thBolivia236
  146. 146thVenezuela238
  147. 147thRussia243
  148. 148thAntigua and Barbuda251
  149. 149thBahrain252
  150. 150thSeychelles253
  151. 151stBhutan255
  152. 152ndTrinidad and Tobago256
  153. 153rdGeorgia256
  154. 154thFiji260
  155. 155thParaguay261
  156. 156thLibya261
  157. 157thAzerbaijan263
  158. 158thChile270
  159. 159thMorocco272
  160. 160thArgentina275
  161. 161stGuyana276
  162. 162ndBarbados277
  163. 163rdEswatini279
  164. 164thPeru285
  165. 165thBelize298
  166. 166thNamibia303
  167. 167thCape Verde305
  168. 168thCosta Rica313
  169. 169thNauru320
  170. 170thGrenada323
  171. 171stSaint Lucia326
  172. 172ndNicaragua327
  173. 173rdBahamas332
  174. 174thTürkiye334
  175. 175thBelarus343
  176. 176thPalau372
  177. 177thBrazil399
  178. 178thMaldives404
  179. 179thThailand408
  180. 180thTurkmenistan468
  181. 181stUruguay476
  182. 182ndSaint Vincent and the Grenadines484
  183. 183rdUnited States529
  184. 184thTonga530
  185. 185thPanama537
  186. 186thSaint Kitts and Nevis537
  187. 187thEl Salvador597
  188. 188thDominica610
  189. 189thRwanda621
  190. 190thCuba805