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Eswatini vs Thailand: Prison population rate

Eswatini
369 prisoners per 100,000 people
in 2025
Thailand
395 prisoners per 100,000 people
in 2024
Eswatini rank
17th
Thailand rank
15th

Prison population rate over time

  • Eswatini
  • Thailand
0200400600200020122025

How they compare

Thailand currently reports 395 prisoners per 100,000 people against 369 prisoners per 100,000 people in Eswatini, a difference of 26 prisoners per 100,000 people.

That makes Thailand's figure about 1.1 times Eswatini's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 7 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Thailand ahead.

Eswatini ranks 17th and Thailand ranks 15th 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.