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Police personnel per 100,000 population. US counts sworn officers; some countries' UNODC figures include support staff or gendarmerie-type forces.
Darker = larger, by rank · 106 countries · UNODC criminal justice statistics · tap a country to pin it here
Darker = larger, by rank · 51 states · FBI police employment data
Countries
106 · UNODC criminal justice statistics- 1stVatican City25,3502015
- 2ndSaint Vincent and the Grenadines9752019
- 3rdSaint Kitts and Nevis9222021
- 4thMaldives8962017
- 5thUruguay8942021
- 6thGrenada8402019
- 7thMauritius8332011
- 8thArgentina8022015
- 9thDominica7562021
- 10thBahamas6732021
- 11thSaint Lucia6722023
- 12thPanama6522021
- 13thBelize6242019
- 14thGuyana5992023
- 15thMontenegro5922023
- 16thSerbia5912015
- 17thBhutan5742017
- 18thTürkiye5532023
- 19thGreece5522023
- 20thKosovo5372021
- 21stCroatia5222023
- 22ndNorth Macedonia5032017
- 23rdJamaica4952021
- 24thBosnia and Herzegovina4842023
- 25thLebanon4722017
- 26thLuxembourg4682023
- 27thTrinidad and Tobago4622015
- 28thPortugal4442023
- 29thEl Salvador4392021
- 30thBarbados4372021
- 31stBulgaria4282023
- 32ndParaguay4272023
- 33rdBotswana4242011
- 34thRussia4032019
- 35thCyprus3992023
- 36thMalta3992023
- 37thItaly3972020
- 38thPeru3902023
- 39thUkraine3802010
- 40thSpain3792023
- 41stHungary3742023
- 42ndIsrael3702023
- 43rdFrance3692021
- 44thCzechia3642023
- 45thSlovakia3632023
- 46thCape Verde3562015
- 47thDominican Republic3542019
- 48thAustria3502023
- 49thSuriname3502019
- 50thAlbania3412023
- 51stIreland3402023
- 52ndBelgium3372023
- 53rdSlovenia3342023
- 54thColombia3342021
- 55thMoldova3312014
- 56thTimor-Leste3212017
- 57thLiechtenstein3212023
- 58thMongolia3212023
- 59thAndorra3192015
- 60thEcuador3182023
- 61stMexico3152023
- 62ndGermany3122023
- 63rdThailand3122015
- 64thBolivia3032023
- 65thNetherlands2822023
- 66thCosta Rica2792015
- 67thAustralia2702023
- 68thEstonia2692023
- 69thRomania2662023
- 70thLithuania2632023
- 71stSouth Korea2582023
- 72ndGeorgia2542014
- 73rdPoland2492023
- 74thBrazil2452023
- 75thKazakhstan2402015
- 76thJapan2382023
- 77thUnited Kingdom2282015
- 78thSweden2182023
- 79thLatvia2152023
- 80thSwitzerland2122023
- 81stUnited States2022021
- 82ndIceland2022023
- 83rdNew Zealand1972013
- 84thDenmark1922023
- 85thPhilippines1922023
- 86thKenya1912021
- 87thCanada1822023
- 88thHonduras1732021
- 89thNicaragua1702010
- 90thMorocco1682012
- 91stNorway1672014
- 92ndSingapore1652023
- 93rdIndonesia1582010
- 94thBurundi1502014
- 95thMyanmar1482015
- 96thFinland1392023
- 97thIndia1342013
- 98thUganda1242014
- 99thNigeria1142017
- 100thAlgeria1042021
- 101stTanzania872015
- 102ndChile672019
- 103rdMadagascar332015
- 104thCameroon182013
- 105thGuatemala122023
- 106thRwanda52013
US states
51 · FBI police employment data- 1stDistrict of Columbia488
- 2ndNew Jersey413
- 3rdLouisiana351
- 4thNew York321
- 5thAlabama292
- 6thIllinois280
- 7thNew Mexico279
- 8thKansas273
- 9thTennessee270
- 10thWyoming264
- 11thPennsylvania260
- 12thMassachusetts258
- 13thGeorgia248
- 14thSouth Carolina247
- 15thMaryland244
- 16thArkansas243
- 17thNorth Dakota241
- 18thMissouri237
- 19thMississippi236
- 20thRhode Island235
- 21stOklahoma234
- 22ndDelaware234
- 23rdFlorida232
- 24thCalifornia230
- 25thColorado229
- 26thTexas225
- 27thWisconsin223
- 28thNorth Carolina222
- 29thOhio221
- 30thVirginia219
- 31stSouth Dakota214
- 32ndConnecticut214
- 33rdNew Hampshire213
- 34thNevada208
- 35thKentucky201
- 36thIndiana199
- 37thNebraska190
- 38thUtah189
- 39thHawaii185
- 40thMichigan185
- 41stWest Virginia184
- 42ndMontana183
- 43rdIowa182
- 44thMinnesota178
- 45thVermont174
- 46thMaine173
- 47thArizona168
- 48thAlaska168
- 49thIdaho161
- 50thOregon156
- 51stWashington136
106 countries ranked and 51 US states.
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More on safety
- Homicide rateDeaths by assault per 100,000 population.
- Gun deathsFirearm deaths per 100,000 population, all intents (homicide, suicide, accident).
- Incarceration ratePeople held in prison per 100,000 population.
- Road deathsRoad traffic fatalities per 100,000 population.
- Robbery ratePolice-recorded robberies per 100,000 population.
- Life expectancyPeriod life expectancy at birth.
Who leads the world
- Monacotops life expectancy86.5 years
- Singaporetops homicide rate0.1 per 100k
- Bulgariatops paid maternity leave59 weeks
Vatican City leads on police officers — see where it lands on every other measure, and which US state it most resembles.
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