Number of female prisoners in Ghana 2000-2023

Published by
Doris Dokua Sasu,
Feb 8, 2023
Ghana had nearly 170 female prisoners in the country as of February 2023, representing 1.1 percent of the overall prison population. This was also a decrease from the 199 registered eight years earlier. Within the period observed, the peak of females serving their prison term in Ghana was reached in 2005, at 257.

Average number of female prisoners in Ghana from 2000 to February 2023

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2023

Region

Ghana

Survey time period

2000 to 2023

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The date of publication is the date the data was accessed.
br> The source notes that the data gives an indication of the trend in the female prison population. It explains that the data consists of the number of female prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average).

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