Based on a comparison of 82 countries in 2015, Brazil ranked the highest in juveniles held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions with 23,725 persons followed by China and Thailand. On the other end of the scale was Macao with 1.00 persons, Iceland with 2.00 persons and Luxembourg with 2.00 persons.
Data for more countries are available at Juveniles Held in Prisons, Penal or Correctional Institutions indicator page.
| Juveniles 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 |
| Argentina | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,027 | 1,115 | ... | |
| Brazil | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17,856 | 17,703 | 20,023 | 20,532 | 23,725 | ... | ... |
| Chile | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,750 | 1,844 | 1,690 | 1,882 | 1,706 | ||||||
| China | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18,450 | 16,000 | 15,000 | 13,000 | ... | |
| Colombia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,219 | 1,584 | ... | ... | 1,795 | ... | ... | |
| Indonesia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,353 | 5,076 | ||
| Italy | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,207 | 1,302 | 1,428 | 1,401 | 1,312 | ||||||||
| Mexico | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11,728 | 11,239 | 11,684 | 10,583 | 10,963 | |||||||
| Panama | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 660 | ... | 993 | 903 | 1,265 | ... | ... | |||||
| Poland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5,570 | 4,850 | 4,365 | 4,153 | 3,569 | ||||||||
| Russia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7,819 | 5,756 | 4,439 | 3,896 | 3,357 | |||||||
| Thailand | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Turkey | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,679 | 2,113 | 2,334 | 2,001 | 1,978 | ||||||||
| USA | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9,998 | 9,900 | 7,700 | 6,700 | 5,900 | |||||||
| United Kingdom | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3,161 | 2,539 | 2,364 | 1,970 | 1,431 |
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