INDICATOR 16.3.2
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population. The total number of persons held in detention who have not yet been sentenced, as a percentage of the total number of persons held in detention, on a specified date.
TARGET 16.3
Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all.
GOAL 16
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all
and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
METADATA
See United Nations Global SDG Database
INDICATOR 16.3.2
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population. The total number of persons held in detention who have not yet been sentenced, as a percentage of the total number of persons held in detention, on a specified date.
TARGET 16.3
Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all.
GOAL 16
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all
and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
METADATA
See United Nations Global SDG Database
INDICATOR 16.3.2
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population. The total number of persons held in detention who have not yet been sentenced, as a percentage of the total number of persons held in detention, on a specified date.
TARGET 16.3
Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all.
GOAL 16
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all
and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
METADATA
See United Nations Global SDG Database
| Country | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Albania | 39.7 | 38.0 | 39.5 | 51.4 | 49.2 | 49.4 | 41.8 | 41.8 | 44.9 | 50.4 | 56.4 | 56.5 | 56.3 | 62.0 |
| Andorra | 53.1 | 47.2 | 69.8 | 77.4 | 41.5 | 47.8 | 48.8 | 55.1 | 42.9 | 46.0 | .. | 52.2 | .. | .. |
| Armenia | 26.8 | 25.8 | 26.4 | 28.7 | 28.8 | 31.3 | 36.7 | 41.0 | 45.8 | 46.5 | 57.2 | 53.3 | 53.3 | .. |
| Austria | 20.4 | 20.3 | 20.4 | 21.1 | .. | 20.5 | 21.9 | 20.4 | 20.0 | 18.5 | 19.1 | 20.7 | 20.6 | 19.5 |
| Azerbaijan | 14.3 | 14.1 | 17.2 | 16.8 | 18.6 | 19.4 | 14.8 | 16.6 | 15.8 | 19.0 | 25.1 | 22.3 | 24.3 | 20.7 |
| Belarus | 9.2 | 9.7 | 11.2 | 12.1 | 11.9 | 10.2 | 8.8 | 9.2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Belgium | .. | 32.1 | .. | .. | 27.5 | .. | 34.3 | 35.0 | 27.9 | 28.7 | 27.1 | 26.6 | 25.6 | .. |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14.6 | 12.1 | 11.7 | 12.1 | 15.1 | 15.4 | 15.4 | 28.1 | 31.8 | 27.1 | 27.4 | 30.6 | 33.5 | .. |
| Bulgaria | 11.1 | 9.8 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 9.3 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 9.7 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.5 | 8.3 | .. |
| Canada | 35.2 | 35.5 | 31.8 | 35.0 | 37.6 | 39.1 | 38.6 | 39.8 | 41.8 | 40.9 | 44.5 | 47.0 | .. | .. |
| Croatia | .. | .. | 21.5 | 21.6 | 21.8 | 23.5 | 28.3 | 31.0 | 35.4 | 36.3 | 33.6 | 36.4 | 41.4 | .. |
| Cyprus | 21.7 | 23.0 | 21.2 | 19.0 | 20.1 | 23.0 | 25.5 | 30.4 | 31.9 | 28.1 | 26.9 | 31.3 | 30.9 | 31.4 |
| Czechia | 11.3 | 9.7 | 13.9 | 11.7 | 9.4 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.1 |
| Denmark | 35.0 | 28.5 | 30.0 | 29.8 | 29.0 | 27.1 | 37.3 | 34.0 | 34.5 | 37.3 | 29.4 | 30.4 | 29.2 | .. |
| Estonia | 22.7 | 22.9 | 22.0 | 23.5 | 24.8 | .. | 20.9 | 20.5 | 19.8 | 20.1 | 18.6 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 18.1 |
| Finland | 17.9 | 19.1 | 16.8 | 20.0 | 18.5 | 19.1 | 19.9 | 17.9 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 21.2 | 23.0 | 26.3 | .. |
| France | 25.1 | 24.7 | 24.8 | 25.0 | 27.2 | 28.5 | 28.7 | 29.0 | 25.9 | 28.8 | 26.9 | 26.3 | 26.3 | 25.8 |
| Georgia | 6.3 | 4.5 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 13.5 | 11.8 | 14.1 | 15.9 | 18.5 | 20.9 | .. | 20.9 | .. | 19.3 |
| Germany | 18.6 | 18.8 | 19.6 | 20.5 | 21.8 | 22.8 | 24.0 | 23.9 | 23.1 | 23.1 | 22.6 | 24.1 | 26.4 | 27.0 |
| Greece | 34.1 | 34.7 | 22.5 | 20.9 | 26.1 | 29.6 | 32.6 | 31.1 | 26.6 | 23.3 | 23.8 | 24.2 | 27.0 | .. |
| Hungary | 28.3 | 28.4 | 28.3 | 24.6 | 23.0 | 20.5 | 19.6 | 13.8 | 14.5 | 18.2 | 20.3 | 20.8 | 21.0 | .. |
| Iceland | 8.0 | 17.0 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 17.3 | 12.1 | 12.4 | 7.3 | 20.9 | 14.2 | 18.3 | 28.3 | 35.5 | .. |
| Ireland | 14.3 | 13.7 | 15.3 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 17.2 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.1 | 19.7 | 22.3 | 22.0 | 21.6 | 19.7 |
| Israel | 23.1 | 25.2 | 28.7 | 25.2 | .. | 25.8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Italy | 21.5 | 20.2 | 18.9 | 18.9 | 17.6 | 18.4 | 18.1 | 17.8 | 17.4 | 17.6 | 17.0 | 16.4 | 16.9 | .. |
| Kazakhstan | 15.5 | 15.4 | 15.8 | 15.3 | 13.8 | .. | 11.3 | .. | .. | 18.3 | .. | 20.3 | .. | .. |
| Kyrgyzstan | .. | 20.9 | 16.7 | 19.9 | 18.0 | 18.9 | 16.2 | 14.5 | 18.2 | .. | .. | 25.6 | .. | .. |
| Latvia | 31.0 | 31.4 | 29.6 | 31.0 | 31.5 | 30.1 | 27.9 | 27.9 | 27.8 | 26.1 | 25.4 | 22.7 | 23.7 | 28.6 |
| Liechtenstein | 16.9 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 75.5 | 56.6 | 16.7 | 17.8 | 39.7 | 58.1 | 28.1 | .. | 24.1 | 33.3 | .. |
| Lithuania | 13.6 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 8.8 | 13.1 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 11.8 | 11.8 |
| Luxembourg | 41.4 | 42.9 | 40.7 | 48.6 | 45.4 | 47.4 | 44.4 | 49.2 | 49.8 | 48.5 | 45.7 | 48.9 | 52.3 | .. |
| Malta | 34.8 | 29.1 | 31.9 | 23.8 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 28.9 | 29.6 | 32.5 | 30.1 | 31.6 | 37.9 | 40.9 | 45.2 |
| Monaco | 56.3 | 66.7 | 75.9 | .. | 32.4 | 35.5 | .. | .. | .. | 46.1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Montenegro | 25.4 | 27.1 | 28.6 | 21.3 | 26.4 | 27.7 | 27.6 | 30.9 | 33.7 | 40.9 | 42.4 | 41.1 | 48.3 | 48.3 |
| Netherlands | 29.7 | 28.5 | 27.0 | 24.2 | 25.2 | 25.9 | 25.7 | 25.7 | 26.6 | 28.6 | 25.0 | 26.6 | 26.6 | .. |
| North Macedonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10.2 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.4 | .. | 14.3 | 12.0 | 11.4 | 14.1 | .. |
| Norway | 22.9 | 22.5 | 24.8 | 24.7 | 25.7 | 25.2 | 25.1 | 23.7 | 23.8 | 23.6 | 21.6 | 17.2 | 19.3 | .. |
| Poland | 10.3 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 5.7 | 7.5 | 9.7 | 10.1 | 11.5 | 12.8 | 11.9 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 11.5 |
| Portugal | 19.1 | 19.2 | 17.8 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 15.2 | 15.5 | 16.9 | 17.5 | 19.8 | 18.4 | 19.8 | 21.6 | 22.3 |
| Republic of Moldova | 9.4 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 9.5 | 12.1 | 17.6 | 18.1 | 7.1 | 5.8 | .. | .. | .. | 17.0 |
| Romania | 10.8 | 10.0 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 12.7 |
| Russian Federation | 7.1 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 9.7 | 14.1 | 15.6 | 17.2 | 19.5 | 15.4 |
| Serbia | 28.6 | 24.8 | 18.9 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 17.2 | 18.6 | 19.4 | 20.5 | 21.6 | .. |
| Slovakia | 13.4 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 13.2 | 13.6 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 15.3 | 15.4 | 15.8 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 13.1 |
| Slovenia | 7.0 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 12.2 | 10.3 | 20.8 | 22.4 | 23.8 | 27.7 | 33.1 | 26.9 | 28.2 | .. |
| Spain | 17.2 | 15.9 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.5 | 13.4 | 15.5 | 16.9 | 17.4 | 16.8 | 17.5 | 17.6 | 18.9 | .. |
| Sweden | 22.8 | 22.9 | 23.5 | 25.6 | 24.6 | 25.2 | 27.4 | 28.1 | 28.1 | 27.7 | 26.9 | 27.0 | 28.3 | .. |
| Switzerland | 42.8 | 45.1 | 43.8 | 42.5 | 42.4 | 42.6 | 42.0 | 45.0 | 44.3 | 46.6 | 46.5 | 48.7 | 49.2 | 46.1 |
| Türkiye | 27.8 | 22.9 | 19.5 | 14.0 | 14.6 | 36.2 | 34.0 | 21.1 | 15.9 | 15.8 | 12.8 | 12.4 | 15.5 | 14.9 |
| Turkmenistan | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Ukraine | 24.4 | .. | 21.0 | .. | 21.8 | .. | 33.8 | .. | .. | 22.4 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.2 | .. |
| United States | 20.9 | 21.4 | 21.5 | 22.1 | 21.9 | 23.3 | 23.5 | 24.1 | 24.3 | 23.9 | 26.1 | 26.9 | .. | .. |
| Country | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Albania | 39.7 | 38.0 | 39.5 | 51.4 | 49.2 | 49.4 | 41.8 | 41.8 | 44.9 | 50.4 | 56.4 | 56.5 | 56.3 | 62.0 |
| Andorra | 53.1 | 47.2 | 69.8 | 77.4 | 41.5 | 47.8 | 48.8 | 55.1 | 42.9 | 46.0 | .. | 52.2 | .. | .. |
| Armenia | 26.8 | 25.8 | 26.4 | 28.7 | 28.8 | 31.3 | 36.7 | 41.0 | 45.8 | 46.5 | 57.2 | 53.3 | 53.3 | .. |
| Austria | 20.4 | 20.3 | 20.4 | 21.1 | .. | 20.5 | 21.9 | 20.4 | 20.0 | 18.5 | 19.1 | 20.7 | 20.6 | 19.5 |
| Azerbaijan | 14.3 | 14.1 | 17.2 | 16.8 | 18.6 | 19.4 | 14.8 | 16.6 | 15.8 | 19.0 | 25.1 | 22.3 | 24.3 | 20.7 |
| Belarus | 9.2 | 9.7 | 11.2 | 12.1 | 11.9 | 10.2 | 8.8 | 9.2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Belgium | .. | 32.1 | .. | .. | 27.5 | .. | 34.3 | 35.0 | 27.9 | 28.7 | 27.1 | 26.6 | 25.6 | .. |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14.6 | 12.1 | 11.7 | 12.1 | 15.1 | 15.4 | 15.4 | 28.1 | 31.8 | 27.1 | 27.4 | 30.6 | 33.5 | .. |
| Bulgaria | 11.1 | 9.8 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 9.3 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 9.7 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.5 | 8.3 | .. |
| Canada | 35.2 | 35.5 | 31.8 | 35.0 | 37.6 | 39.1 | 38.6 | 39.8 | 41.8 | 40.9 | 44.5 | 47.0 | .. | .. |
| Croatia | .. | .. | 21.5 | 21.6 | 21.8 | 23.5 | 28.3 | 31.0 | 35.4 | 36.3 | 33.6 | 36.4 | 41.4 | .. |
| Cyprus | 21.7 | 23.0 | 21.2 | 19.0 | 20.1 | 23.0 | 25.5 | 30.4 | 31.9 | 28.1 | 26.9 | 31.3 | 30.9 | 31.4 |
| Czechia | 11.3 | 9.7 | 13.9 | 11.7 | 9.4 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.1 |
| Denmark | 35.0 | 28.5 | 30.0 | 29.8 | 29.0 | 27.1 | 37.3 | 34.0 | 34.5 | 37.3 | 29.4 | 30.4 | 29.2 | .. |
| Estonia | 22.7 | 22.9 | 22.0 | 23.5 | 24.8 | .. | 20.9 | 20.5 | 19.8 | 20.1 | 18.6 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 18.1 |
| Finland | 17.9 | 19.1 | 16.8 | 20.0 | 18.5 | 19.1 | 19.9 | 17.9 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 21.2 | 23.0 | 26.3 | .. |
| France | 25.1 | 24.7 | 24.8 | 25.0 | 27.2 | 28.5 | 28.7 | 29.0 | 25.9 | 28.8 | 26.9 | 26.3 | 26.3 | 25.8 |
| Georgia | 6.3 | 4.5 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 13.5 | 11.8 | 14.1 | 15.9 | 18.5 | 20.9 | .. | 20.9 | .. | 19.3 |
| Germany | 18.6 | 18.8 | 19.6 | 20.5 | 21.8 | 22.8 | 24.0 | 23.9 | 23.1 | 23.1 | 22.6 | 24.1 | 26.4 | 27.0 |
| Greece | 34.1 | 34.7 | 22.5 | 20.9 | 26.1 | 29.6 | 32.6 | 31.1 | 26.6 | 23.3 | 23.8 | 24.2 | 27.0 | .. |
| Hungary | 28.3 | 28.4 | 28.3 | 24.6 | 23.0 | 20.5 | 19.6 | 13.8 | 14.5 | 18.2 | 20.3 | 20.8 | 21.0 | .. |
| Iceland | 8.0 | 17.0 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 17.3 | 12.1 | 12.4 | 7.3 | 20.9 | 14.2 | 18.3 | 28.3 | 35.5 | .. |
| Ireland | 14.3 | 13.7 | 15.3 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 17.2 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.1 | 19.7 | 22.3 | 22.0 | 21.6 | 19.7 |
| Israel | 23.1 | 25.2 | 28.7 | 25.2 | .. | 25.8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Italy | 21.5 | 20.2 | 18.9 | 18.9 | 17.6 | 18.4 | 18.1 | 17.8 | 17.4 | 17.6 | 17.0 | 16.4 | 16.9 | .. |
| Kazakhstan | 15.5 | 15.4 | 15.8 | 15.3 | 13.8 | .. | 11.3 | .. | .. | 18.3 | .. | 20.3 | .. | .. |
| Kyrgyzstan | .. | 20.9 | 16.7 | 19.9 | 18.0 | 18.9 | 16.2 | 14.5 | 18.2 | .. | .. | 25.6 | .. | .. |
| Latvia | 31.0 | 31.4 | 29.6 | 31.0 | 31.5 | 30.1 | 27.9 | 27.9 | 27.8 | 26.1 | 25.4 | 22.7 | 23.7 | 28.6 |
| Liechtenstein | 16.9 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 75.5 | 56.6 | 16.7 | 17.8 | 39.7 | 58.1 | 28.1 | .. | 24.1 | 33.3 | .. |
| Lithuania | 13.6 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 8.8 | 13.1 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 11.8 | 11.8 |
| Luxembourg | 41.4 | 42.9 | 40.7 | 48.6 | 45.4 | 47.4 | 44.4 | 49.2 | 49.8 | 48.5 | 45.7 | 48.9 | 52.3 | .. |
| Malta | 34.8 | 29.1 | 31.9 | 23.8 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 28.9 | 29.6 | 32.5 | 30.1 | 31.6 | 37.9 | 40.9 | 45.2 |
| Monaco | 56.3 | 66.7 | 75.9 | .. | 32.4 | 35.5 | .. | .. | .. | 46.1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Montenegro | 25.4 | 27.1 | 28.6 | 21.3 | 26.4 | 27.7 | 27.6 | 30.9 | 33.7 | 40.9 | 42.4 | 41.1 | 48.3 | 48.3 |
| Netherlands | 29.7 | 28.5 | 27.0 | 24.2 | 25.2 | 25.9 | 25.7 | 25.7 | 26.6 | 28.6 | 25.0 | 26.6 | 26.6 | .. |
| North Macedonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10.2 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.4 | .. | 14.3 | 12.0 | 11.4 | 14.1 | .. |
| Norway | 22.9 | 22.5 | 24.8 | 24.7 | 25.7 | 25.2 | 25.1 | 23.7 | 23.8 | 23.6 | 21.6 | 17.2 | 19.3 | .. |
| Poland | 10.3 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 5.7 | 7.5 | 9.7 | 10.1 | 11.5 | 12.8 | 11.9 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 11.5 |
| Portugal | 19.1 | 19.2 | 17.8 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 15.2 | 15.5 | 16.9 | 17.5 | 19.8 | 18.4 | 19.8 | 21.6 | 22.3 |
| Republic of Moldova | 9.4 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 9.5 | 12.1 | 17.6 | 18.1 | 7.1 | 5.8 | .. | .. | .. | 17.0 |
| Romania | 10.8 | 10.0 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 12.7 |
| Russian Federation | 7.1 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 9.7 | 14.1 | 15.6 | 17.2 | 19.5 | 15.4 |
| Serbia | 28.6 | 24.8 | 18.9 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 17.2 | 18.6 | 19.4 | 20.5 | 21.6 | .. |
| Slovakia | 13.4 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 13.2 | 13.6 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 15.3 | 15.4 | 15.8 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 13.1 |
| Slovenia | 7.0 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 12.2 | 10.3 | 20.8 | 22.4 | 23.8 | 27.7 | 33.1 | 26.9 | 28.2 | .. |
| Spain | 17.2 | 15.9 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.5 | 13.4 | 15.5 | 16.9 | 17.4 | 16.8 | 17.5 | 17.6 | 18.9 | .. |
| Sweden | 22.8 | 22.9 | 23.5 | 25.6 | 24.6 | 25.2 | 27.4 | 28.1 | 28.1 | 27.7 | 26.9 | 27.0 | 28.3 | .. |
| Switzerland | 42.8 | 45.1 | 43.8 | 42.5 | 42.4 | 42.6 | 42.0 | 45.0 | 44.3 | 46.6 | 46.5 | 48.7 | 49.2 | 46.1 |
| Türkiye | 27.8 | 22.9 | 19.5 | 14.0 | 14.6 | 36.2 | 34.0 | 21.1 | 15.9 | 15.8 | 12.8 | 12.4 | 15.5 | 14.9 |
| Turkmenistan | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Ukraine | 24.4 | .. | 21.0 | .. | 21.8 | .. | 33.8 | .. | .. | 22.4 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.2 | .. |
| United States | 20.9 | 21.4 | 21.5 | 22.1 | 21.9 | 23.3 | 23.5 | 24.1 | 24.3 | 23.9 | 26.1 | 26.9 | .. | .. |
INDICATOR 16.3.2
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population. The total number of persons held in detention who have not yet been sentenced, as a percentage of the total number of persons held in detention, on a specified date.
TARGET 16.3
Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all.
GOAL 16
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all
and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
METADATA
See United Nations Global SDG Database