High income OECD countries Compared by Crime > Prisoners > Foreign prisoners

DEFINITION: Prisoners who are foreign nationals, expressed as a percentage share of total prison population. Data for 2003.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Switzerland	70.8%	2003
2	Luxembourg	63.9%	2003
3	Greece	42.4%	2003
4	Belgium	40.9%	2003
5	Netherlands	36.4%	2003
6	Estonia	35.8%	2003
7	Austria	33%	2003
8	Italy	30.1%	2003
9	Germany	29.9%	2003
10	Sweden	27.2%	2003
11	Spain	25.4%	2003
12	Israel	24.9%	2003
13	France	21.4%	2003
14	Denmark	16.3%	2003
15	Slovenia	15.3%	2003
16	Norway	15%	2003
17	Portugal	12%	2003
18	Czech Republic	9.4%	2003
19	Iceland	9.3%	2003
20	Finland	7.9%	2003
21	Japan	6.5%	2003
22	New Zealand	5.2%	2003
23	Chile	2.9%	2003
24	Slovakia	2.3%	2003
25	Poland	1.5%	2003
26	United States	0.5%	2003

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Luxembourg ranked first for prisoners > foreign prisoners amongst European Union in 2003.
Andorra ranked first for prisoners > foreign prisoners amongst Europe in 2003.
Switzerland ranked first for prisoners > foreign prisoners amongst High income OECD countries in 2003.
Malaysia ranked first for prisoners > foreign prisoners amongst Emerging markets in 2003.
Greece ranked second for prisoners > foreign prisoners amongst NATO countries in 2003.
United States ranked last for prisoners > foreign prisoners amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2003.
France ranked 6th last for prisoners > foreign prisoners amongst Eurozone in 2003.
Cyprus ranked first for prisoners > foreign prisoners amongst Heavily indebted countries in 2003.
China ranked last for prisoners > foreign prisoners amongst Cold countries in 2003.
Slovenia ranked first for prisoners > foreign prisoners amongst Eastern Europe in 2003.

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