The Top 5 Countries With the Most Prisons (per capita)

  Country Prisons per 1000 People
1 Maldives 2.35
2 Papua New Guinea 1.78
3 Hong Kong 1.43
4 Malaysia 1.13
5 Montserrat 0.11
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Sources:  Seventh United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems

List Notes: This list includes adult prisons and penal or correctional institutions only and does not include temporary jails or lock-ups.
Countries With the Most Prisons (per capita)

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