Capacity of prisons and detention facilities — all countries

Capacity of prisons and detention facilities — Bahrain

Capacity of prisons and detention facilities in Bahrain in 2017 — 110 people. Ranked 2 in the world out of 3. Since 2017, the indicator has risen by 0%.

2017 110 people
World rank 2of 3
Period maximum 110 people2017
Period minimum 110 people2017

Trend over time

2017–2017 · people

Change over the period: +0 (+0%)
Capacity of prisons and detention facilities — Bahrain, by year Bahrain All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2017 110

About the indicator

The official design capacity of correctional institutions and pretrial detention facilities — how many people they are intended for under the country's own norms. UNODC data, collected from national prison services together with the data on the number of prisoners. The indicator exists for the sake of one comparison: the ratio of the actual prison population to capacity is the prison occupancy rate, by which the state of a penitentiary system is judged — and by which countries range from half full to three times over capacity.

Important: Capacity cannot be compared directly across countries: their norms of floor space per person differ. The indicator is meaningful next to the number of prisoners.

Source: UNODC Crime Statistics, license UN data: free to use with attribution.