Based on a comparison of 86 countries in 2015, USA ranked the highest in female adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions with 198,900 persons followed by China and Georgia. On the other end of the scale was Estonia with -2.00 persons, Liechtenstein with 4.00 persons and Iceland with 5.00 persons.
Data for more countries are available at Female Adults Held in Prisons, Penal or Correctional Institutions indicator page.
| Female Adults Held in Prisons, Penal or Correctional Institutions | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Brazil | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 31,401 | 34,807 | 34,058 | 35,223 | 35,100 | |||||
| China | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 87,941 | ... | ... | |
| Colombia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,788 | 5,684 | 7,483 | 8,497 | 8,986 | ... | |||||||
| Georgia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 52,274 | 48,520 | 46,819 | 50,232 | 57,453 | ... | ||||
| India | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15,037 | 16,024 | 16,951 | 18,188 | ... | ... | |||||
| Indonesia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7,714 | 8,087 | ||
| Japan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5,211 | 5,343 | 5,344 | 5,282 | 5,057 | ... | ||||||
| Mexico | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11,099 | 9,839 | 10,619 | 10,520 | 12,361 | |||||||
| Peru | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3,879 | 4,237 | ||
| Philippines | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5,443 | 5,673 | 5,905 | 6,299 | 6,669 | ||||
| Russia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 66,564 | 61,768 | 57,748 | 55,755 | ||
| Spain | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,076 | 5,652 | 5,157 | 5,068 | 4,925 | ||||||||
| Thailand | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30,153 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Turkey | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,013 | 4,150 | 4,539 | 4,838 | 5,156 | ||||
| USA | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 200,100 | 197,400 | 196,600 | 191,500 | 198,900 |
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