World Prison Brief · 213 jurisdictions · % of the prison population
Share of women in the prison population, as a percentage — a ratio, not addable.
World Prison Brief, 213 jurisdictions covered (data missing for 3).
Actual distribution: median around 4.5%, a handful of jurisdictions above 13% (Southeast Asia, the Gulf).
Hong Kong (22%) and Macau (17%) show the highest share of female prisoners in the world, largely tied to cross-border drug trafficking convictions — a different crime profile from most jurisdictions, where men make up the overwhelming majority of the prison population.