Adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions fell 15.0% to 7,270 persons in Lithuania in 2015, according to the United Nations.
Historically, adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions in Lithuania reached an all time high of 9,790 persons in 2011 and an all time low of 6,582 persons in 2003.
Lithuania has been ranked 41st within the group of 64 countries we follow in terms of adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions, 10 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Adults Held in Prisons, Penal or Correctional Institutions | Unit | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Belarus | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28,764 | 28,393 | 29,688 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
| China | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,635,000 | 1,667,000 | 1,638,950 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Estonia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3,250 | 3,090 | 3,001 | 2,644 | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Finland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3,219 | 3,213 | 3,047 | 3,046 | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Germany | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Japan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 66,992 | 62,947 | 60,459 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Latvia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,062 | 5,090 | 4,707 | 4,367 | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Lithuania | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9,617 | 9,172 | 8,552 | 7,270 | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Poland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 81,306 | 76,596 | 75,342 | 69,298 | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Russia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 698,013 | 673,930 | 668,425 | 643,024 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| USA | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,224,700 | 2,216,600 | 2,219,900 | 2,168,600 | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Ukraine | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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