Male adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions rose 1.97% to 60,707 persons in Algeria in 2015, according to the United Nations.
Historically, male adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions in Algeria reached an all time high of 60,707 persons in 2015 and an all time low of 47,475 persons in 2010.
Algeria has been ranked 14th within the group of 66 countries we follow in terms of male adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions, 14 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 |
| Algeria | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 47,475 | 48,633 | 48,621 | 58,712 | ||
| Chad | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Egypt | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| France | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 58,288 | 57,929 | 61,908 | 63,668 | 64,213 | |||||
| Italy | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 62,040 | 65,031 | 64,089 | 62,897 | 59,842 | |||||||
| Libya | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Malta | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 437 | 516 | 521 | 506 | 558 | ||||||||
| Mauritania | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Morocco | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 55,114 | 62,086 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Portugal | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10,486 | 10,986 | 11,970 | 12,856 | 13,143 | |||||||
| Spain | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 70,003 | 65,951 | 63,108 | 60,827 | 59,513 | ||||||||
| Tunisia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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