Number of prisoners rose 15.2% to 32,645 persons in El Salvador in 2015, according to the United Nations.
Historically, number of prisoners in El Salvador reached an all time high of 32,645 persons in 2015 and an all time low of 12,073 persons in 2004.
El Salvador has been ranked 30th within the group of 105 countries we follow in terms of number of prisoners, 29 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Prisoners | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Belize | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,781 | 2,322 | 2,288 | 2,546 | 2,632 | ... | |||||||
| Costa Rica | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9,431 | 10,541 | 12,154 | 13,407 | 13,647 | |||||||
| El Salvador | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22,101 | 24,662 | 25,367 | 28,383 | 26,848 | |||||||
| Guatemala | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11,148 | ... | 15,013 | 16,336 | ... | ||||||
| Honduras | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11,770 | 12,006 | 12,095 | 13,184 | ||||||
| Mexico | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 186,614 | 188,013 | 213,758 | 207,278 | 218,373 | ||||||||
| Nicaragua | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5,807 | 6,789 | ... | 9,800 | ... | ... | ||||||
| Panama | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10,878 | 12,542 | 13,207 | 14,481 | 14,467 | |||||||
| USA | persons | 2,297,700 | 2,279,100 | 2,252,500 | 2,231,400 | 2,231,400 |
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