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Rwanda vs United States: Prison population rate

Rwanda
620 prisoners per 100,000 people
in 2024
United States
542 prisoners per 100,000 people
in 2023
Rwanda rank
2nd
United States rank
4th

Prison population rate over time

  • Rwanda
  • United States
0200400600800200020122024

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 620 prisoners per 100,000 people against 542 prisoners per 100,000 people in United States, a difference of 78 prisoners per 100,000 people.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 6 shared years of data; in 2010 it was United States ahead.

Rwanda ranks 2nd and United States ranks 4th 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.