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6. Criminal Justice System Personnel & Capacity
6.1.1b.x Police personnel (Females, percentage)
"Police Personnel (Females, Percentage)" represents the total number of Female Police Personnel, as a PERCENTAGE of the total number of Police Personnel (Males & Females).
It is calculated as follows: Female Police Personnel, Rate (WP) = (TNWP/TP)*100; where TNWP is the total number of Female Police Personnel; and TP is the total number of Police Personnel (Men & Women).
"POLICE PERSONNEL" means personnel in public agencies as at December 31 whose principal functions are prevention, detection and investigation of crime and apprehension of alleged offenders.

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

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Countries
 
    
Antigua and Barbuda------ 
Argentina------ 
Bahamas202124.36 
Barbados202118.40 
Belize201918.68 
Bolivia201111.13 
Brazil201314.89 
Canada202122.43 
Chile201933.37 
Colombia202117.43 
Costa Rica201515.60 
Dominica202113.78 
Dominican Republic201917.44 
Ecuador202115.34 
El Salvador202117.42 
Grenada201919.10 
Guatemala201916.22 
Guyana202129.34 
Haiti------ 
Honduras202118.56 
Jamaica202124.72 
Mexico202123.96 
Nicaragua201027.15 
Panama202115.18 
Paraguay202114.14 
Peru202117.54 
Saint Kitts and Nevis202124.36 
Saint Lucia200821.09 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines201917.62 
Suriname201921.09 
Trinidad and Tobago201524.77 
United States202113.65 
Uruguay202134.50 
Venezuela------ 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas------ 
02. Caribbean201918.63 
03. Central America201916.39 
04. North America202117.80 
05. South America201911.07 
* Alertamerica adopts the use of commas to indicate figures un the thousands (1,000) while points signal decimals (10.5).