Albania
Number of imprisoned women75
Percentage of prison population1.4
Austria
Number of imprisoned women632
Percentage of prison population6.8
Belgium
Number of imprisoned women534
Percentage of prison population4.4
Bulgaria
Number of imprisoned women221
Percentage of prison population4
Croatia
Number of imprisoned women219
Percentage of prison population5.35
Cyprus
Number of imprisoned women65
Percentage of prison population6.5
Czech Republic
Number of imprisoned women1,715
Percentage of prison population8.8
Denmark
Number of imprisoned women218
Percentage of prison population5.3
Estonia
Number of imprisoned women88
Percentage of prison population4.8
Finland
Number of imprisoned women243
Percentage of prison population8
France
Number of imprisoned women2,575
Percentage of prison population3.4
Germany
Number of imprisoned women3,342
Percentage of prison population5.6
Greece
Number of imprisoned women500
Percentage of prison population4.9
Hungary
Number of imprisoned women1,572
Percentage of prison population8.4
Ireland
Number of imprisoned women229
Percentage of prison population4.8
Italy
Number of imprisoned women2,615
Percentage of prison population4.3
Latvia
Number of imprisoned women249

Percentage of prison population7.6
Lithuania
Number of imprisoned women206
Percentage of prison population4.5
Luxembourg
Number of imprisoned women26
Percentage of prison population4.2
Malta
Number of imprisoned women42
Percentage of prison population6.3
Netherlands
Number of imprisoned women442
Percentage of prison population4.6
Norway
Number of imprisoned women157
Percentage of prison population5.2
Poland
Number of imprisoned women3,683
Percentage of prison population5
Portugal
Number of imprisoned women906
Percentage of prison population7.4
Romania
Number of imprisoned women1,085
Percentage of prison population4.5
Slovakia
Number of imprisoned women750
Percentage of prison population7.7
Slovenia
Number of imprisoned women93
Percentage of prison population5.2
Spain
Number of imprisoned women4,007
Percentage of prison population7
Sweden
Number of imprisoned women664
Percentage of prison population6.8
Switzerland
Number of imprisoned women395
Percentage of prison population5.7
Turkey
Number of imprisoned women12,627
Percentage of prison population4.2
UK: England and Wales
Number of imprisoned women3,549
Percentage of prison population4.1
UK: Northern Ireland
Number of imprisoned women86
Percentage of prison population4.6
UK: Scotland
Number of imprisoned women328
Percentage of prison population4.1

Source: Aebi, M. F. & Cocco, E. (2025). SPACE I – 2024 – Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics: Prison populations. Council of Europe.
Reference date for Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania & Portugal: 1st January 2024 (instead of 31st January 2024).
Reference date for Poland and UK (England & Wales): 31st December 2023 (instead of 31st Janaury 2024).

Croatia: Data regarding the female inmate population retrieved from “Women in Prison: Croatia Analysis from the National Preventive Mechanism” of the Republic of Croatia. The reference date is July 2024.
Malta: Data regarding the female inmate population retrieved from the World Prison Brief. The reference date is January 31st, 2024.