In 2023, there were **** inmates at Japanese penal institutions per 100,000 general population in Japan. This number indicated a steady downward trend over the past ten years.

The United States had the highest rate of prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants of the G7 countries between 2010 and 2022. In 2022, there were almost *** prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants in the country. By comparison, the Canada, who had the second-highest prisoner rate, had less than ****** prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants. Japan had the lowest rate at **.

In 2025, there were around *** prisoners per one hundred thousand of the population in Turkmenistan. In contrast, there were about ** prisoners per one hundred thousand of the population in Japan that year.

The average for 2017 based on 32 countries was 187 prisoners per 100,000 people. The highest value was in Thailand: 540 prisoners per 100,000 people and the lowest value was in Japan: 41 prisoners per 100,000 people. The indicator is available from 2002 to 2017. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.