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Brazil vs Seychelles: Prison population rate

Brazil
416 prisoners per 100,000 people
in 2024
Seychelles
392 prisoners per 100,000 people
in 2025
Brazil rank
13th
Seychelles rank
16th

Prison population rate over time

  • Brazil
  • Seychelles
200400600800200020122025

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 416 prisoners per 100,000 people against 392 prisoners per 100,000 people in Seychelles, a difference of 24 prisoners per 100,000 people.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times Seychelles's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 10 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Seychelles ahead.

Brazil ranks 13th and Seychelles ranks 16th of 202 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Prison population rate
Unit
prisoners per 100,000 people
Source
Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
202 places, 2,155 data points, 1993–2026
Last refreshed

Prison population (including pre-trial detainees and remand prisoners), per 100,000 population.