Distribution of prisoners in France 1980-2022, by gender
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Updated Jul 4, 2024
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EmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteStatista (2024). Distribution of prisoners in France 1980-2022, by gender [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1360819/distribution-prison-population-gender-france/Dataset updatedJul 4, 2024Area coveredFranceDescriptionBetween 1980 and 2022, the male and female prison populations more than doubled in France. However, during this period, the proportion of male prisoners remained roughly the same, ranging from 95.55 to 96.86 percent. In 2022, there were more than 80,000 men and nearly 3,000 women in prison in France.
Number of prisoners in France 1980-2023, by gender
- statista.com
Updated Oct 28, 2024ShareFacebookTwitterEmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteStatista (2024). Number of prisoners in France 1980-2023, by gender [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1360807/prison-population-gender-france/Dataset updatedOct 28, 2024Area coveredFranceDescriptionBetween 1980 and 2023, the male and female prison populations more than doubled in France. There were more than 83,000 men and around 3,000 women in prison in France on January 1st, 2023, compared to 35,754 and 1,159 in 1980, respectively. During this entire period, the male prison population has been between 21 and 30 times greater than the female prison population.
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FacebookTwitterEmailBetween 1980 and 2022, the male and female prison populations more than doubled in France. However, during this period, the proportion of male prisoners remained roughly the same, ranging from 95.55 to 96.86 percent. In 2022, there were more than 80,000 men and nearly 3,000 women in prison in France.