which country has the highest rate of incarceration?
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As the statistic above illustrates, the United States has one of the highest rates of incarceration in the world. With 655 inmates per 100,000 of population, the U.S. is by far the leader among large industrialized nations in incarceration.
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Unfortunately, data is not available for all countries but the figures are interesting nonetheless. Malta has the highest rate of homicides of women by partners per 100,000 inhabitants at 0.92, followed by Iceland (0.61) and Croatia (0.51).
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['Hong Kong —0.1%. Ronnie Chua/Shutterstock.', 'Brunei — 3.1%. Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque, Brunei. ... ', 'Estonia — 9.5%. GuilhermeMesquita/Shutterstock. ... ', 'Saudi Arabia — 12.4%. ... ', 'Botswana — 13.9%. ... ', 'Russia — 17%. ... ', 'Kuwait — 18.6%. ... ', 'Nigeria —18.6%. ... ']
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As of June 2020, the United States had the highest number of incarcerated individuals worldwide, with more than 2.12 million people in prison. The U.S. was followed by China, Brazil, the Russian Federation, and India.
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The highest rate, nearly 1 percent, is in New Zealand, where more than 40,000 people live on the streets or in emergency housing or substandard shelters. Ten countries, including Italy, Japan and Spain, report homeless rates of less than a 10th of 1 percent.
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The countries with the highest top income tax rates are Slovenia (61.1 percent), Portugal (61.0 percent), and Belgium (60.2 percent). The threshold at which the top income tax rate applies also plays an important role.
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Uruguay is the top country by robbery rate in the world. As of 2018, robbery rate in Uruguay was 866.8 cases per 100,000 population. The top 5 countries also includes Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, and Cabo Verde.
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Venezuela That's very much the case with the world's most violent and criminal country, Venezuela. A transit country for cocaine in the same way Honduras is, to say that organised crime is rife here would be kind.
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['Brazil. Brazil is a country within South America that has very little crime, despite what some may hear about it. ... ', 'Peru. ... ', 'Colombia. ... ', 'Panama. ... ', 'Costa Rica. ... ', 'Argentina. ... ', 'Chile.']
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Alaska. Alaska has the highest gun ownership rate in the country at 61.7 percent.
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['Seychelles ranks top with a quote of 0.797.', 'Mauritius with 0.79.', 'Algeria with 0.754.', 'Tunisia with 0.735.', 'Botswana 0.717.', 'Libya 0.706.', 'Gabon 0.702.']
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['Algeria. Algeria has the highest life expectancy among African countries. ... ', "Tunisia. With an average life expectancy of 75.3 years, Tunisia's population enjoys the second highest longevity on the continent. ... ", 'Mauritius. ... ', 'Morocco. ... ', 'Cape Verde.']
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African countries with the highest rate of divorce are Jordan (5th), Libya (16th) and Egypt (33rd).
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Russia: The country with the highest literacy rate in Russia with almost 53% of the population has tertiary education.
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In 2019, China is the country jailing the most journalists and 48 are currently being held behind bars.
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At the end of 2016, the Prison Policy Initiative, a non-profit organization for decarceration, estimated that in the United States, about 2,298,300 people were incarcerated out of a population of 324.2 million. This means that 0.7% of the population was behind bars.
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['Israel. 49.90 percent.', 'Korea. 46.86 percent.', 'United Kingdom. 45.96 percent.', 'United States. 45.67 percent.', 'Australia. 43.74 percent.', 'Finland. 43.60 percent.', 'Norway. 43.02 percent.', 'Luxembourg. 42.86 percent.']