Justice by the numbers in Lithuania
Lithuania: 2.6 intentional homicides per 100,000 people (2023); 24.7 professional judges per 100,000 inhabitants (2024); 262 police officers per 100,000 (2023); 155 people in prison per 100,000 (2024).
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Homicides
2.6
intentional homicides per 100,000 people, 2023
The number of intentional killings of one person by another in a year, per 100,000 people.
Professional judges
24.7
professional judges per 100,000 inhabitants, 2024
Judges who sit in courts as a profession, per 100,000 inhabitants.
Police officers
262
police officers per 100,000 inhabitants, 2023
Police officers, per 100,000 inhabitants.
People in prison
155
persons held in prison per 100,000 inhabitants, 2024
Persons held in prison on a given day, including people waiting for trial, per 100,000 inhabitants.
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Sources
- World Bank, World Development Indicators: intentional homicides per 100,000 people (UNODC data, CC BY 4.0)
- Eurostat: personnel in the criminal justice system (professional judges and police officers per 100,000; CC BY 4.0)
- Eurostat: prison capacity and number of persons held (per 100,000; CC BY 4.0)
- World Prison Brief (Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research): prison populations for every country
- UNODC data portal: crime and criminal justice statistics worldwide
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