Comparing the women's incarceration rate of the United States with the rates of founding NATO countries. | Prison Policy Initiative

Bar chart comparing the women's incarceration rates of the founding NATO members. The United States' incarceration rate of 112 per 100,000 is much higher than any of the others.

(Graph: Emily Widra, September 2025)

This graph is a part of States of Women's Incarceration: The Global Context 2025, published in September 2025. For more research and graphs about United States, see our national profile page.

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