Male adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions fell 8.07% to 4,012 persons in Latvia in 2015, according to the United Nations.
Historically, male adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions in Latvia reached an all time high of 7,679 persons in 2004 and an all time low of 4,012 persons in 2015.
Latvia has been ranked 48th within the group of 66 countries we follow in terms of male adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions, 13 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Male 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 |
| Belarus | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 37,016 | 36,465 | 33,865 | 26,827 | 26,409 | ... | |||||||
| China | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,547,059 | ... | ... | |
| Estonia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3,371 | 3,157 | 3,190 | 3,088 | 2,936 | ... | |||
| Finland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3,249 | 3,046 | 2,969 | 3,000 | 2,960 | ||||||||
| Germany | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 68,438 | 66,982 | 65,616 | 64,590 | 62,424 | |||||
| Japan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 70,001 | 67,615 | 64,510 | 61,710 | 57,890 | ... | ||||||
| Latvia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,504 | 6,271 | 6,077 | 5,646 | 4,743 | |||||||
| Lithuania | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8,100 | 8,567 | 9,373 | 9,182 | 8,744 | |||||||
| Poland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 77,745 | 75,007 | 76,011 | 78,668 | 74,005 | |||||||
| Russia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 745,717 | 689,441 | 640,265 | 618,175 | ||
| USA | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,081,800 | 2,071,800 | 2,048,200 | 2,033,200 | 2,017,700 | |||||||
| Ukraine | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 106,499 | 108,206 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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