Albania
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 3,077
Female: 42
Total: 3,119
Percentage of the total prison population58.2
Austria
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 1,799
Female: 119
Total: 1,918
Percentage of the total prison population20.72
Belgium
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 3,712
Female: 210
Total: 3,922
Percentage of the total prison population32.57
Bulgaria
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 265
Female: 15
Total: 280
Percentage of the total prison population5.04
Croatia
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 1,697
Female: 90
Total: 1,787
Percentage of the total prison population40.2
Cyprus
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 282
Female: 25
Total: 307
Percentage of the total prison population30.79
Czech Republic
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 1,440
Female: 126
Total: 1,566
Percentage of the total prison population8
Denmark
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 1,371
Female: 94
Total: 1,465
Percentage of the total prison population35.48
Estonia
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 275
Female: 20
Total: 295
Percentage of the total prison population16.21
Finland
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 712
Female: 71
Total: 783
Percentage of the total prison population25.75
France
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 19,306
Female: 948
Total: 20,254
Percentage of the total prison population26.55
Germany
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 14,796
Female: 804
Total: 15,600
Percentage of the total prison population26.26
Greece
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 2,660
Female: 157
Total: 2,817
Percentage of the total prison population27.61
Hungary
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 3,892
Female: 385
Total: 4,277
Percentage of the total prison 22.8
Ireland
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 936
Female: 69
Total: 1,005
Percentage of the total prison population20.9
Italy
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 15,136
Female: 627
Total: 15,763
Percentage of the total prison population26
Latvia
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 715
Female: 59
Total: 774
Percentage of the total prison population23.66
Lithuania
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 507
Female: 31
Total: 538
Percentage of the total prison population11.82
Luxembourg
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 273
Female: 13
Total: 286
Percentage of the total prison population46.66
Malta
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 260
Female: 19
Total: 279
Percentage of the total prison population41.58
Netherlands
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 4,217
Female: 210
Total: 4,427
Percentage of the total prison population45.72
Norway
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 688
Female: 39
Total: 727
Percentage of the total prison population24.2
Poland
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 7,906
Female: 524
Total: 8,430
Percentage of the total prison population11.42
Portugal
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 2,422
Female: 233
Total: 2,655
Percentage of the total prison population21.77
Romania
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 2,879
Female: 146
Total: 3,025
Percentage of the total prison population12.67
Slovakia
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 1,320
Female: 99
Total: 1,419
Percentage of the total prison population14.59
Slovenia
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 687
Female: 31
Total: 718
Percentage of the total prison population39.76
Spain
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 9,272
Female: 614
Total: 9,886
Percentage of the total prison population17.35
Sweden
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 2,533
Female: 230
Total: 2,763
Percentage of the total prison population28.34
Switzerland
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 2,977
Female: 193
Total: 3,170
Percentage of the total prison population46.07
Turkey
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 43,051
Female: 2,565
Total: 45,616
Percentage of the total prison population15.02
UK: England and Wales
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 15,215
Female: 790
Total: 16,005
Percentage of the total prison population18.29
UK: Northern Ireland
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 700
Female: 38
Total: 738
Percentage of the total prison population39.3
UK: Scotland
Number of people not serving a final sentenceMale: 2,016
Female: 122
Total: 2,138
Percentage of the total prison population26.95
Total Number of people not serving a final sentence124,321

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 is 1st January 2024 (instead of 31st January 2024) Reference date for Poland & UK (England and Wales) is 31st December 2023 (instead of 31st January 2024)