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4.3 Criminal Justice System Process | Persons prosecuted – By age status and sex, and by citizenship
4.3.1 Total persons prosecuted
"Total persons prosecuted" means the total number of alleged offenders against whom prosecution commenced in the reporting year. Persons may be prosecuted by the public prosecutor or the law enforcement agency responsible for prosecution. All persons for which prosecution started should be counted, irrespective of the case-ending decision.

[Source: United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (UN-CTS).]


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Countries
 
    
Antigua and Barbuda202297 
Argentina------ 
Bahamas20229,918 
Barbados2016116 
Belize20223,366 
Bolivia20183,111 
Brazil------ 
Canada2021206,534 
Chile2022241,168 
Colombia2022143,415 
Costa Rica202012,142 
Dominica202253 
Dominican Republic202226,029 
Ecuador202212,947 
El Salvador202271,151 
Grenada20224,009 
Guatemala202219,800 
Guyana202216,265 
Haiti------ 
Honduras202213,019 
Jamaica20141,391 
Mexico20221,638,699 
Nicaragua200625,586 
Panama202222,469 
Paraguay201519,711 
Peru2016590,977 
Saint Kitts and Nevis------ 
Saint Lucia20222,494 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines20221,304 
Suriname20226,765 
Trinidad and Tobago20185,687 
United States202073,740 
Uruguay202217,292 
Venezuela2017194,706 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas------ 
02. Caribbean------ 
03. Central America------ 
04. North America20202,126,482 
05. South America------ 
* Alertamerica adopts the use of commas to indicate figures un the thousands (1,000) while points signal decimals (10.5).