Number of detainees per 100,000 inhabitants in the European Union, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom (including pre-trial detainees/remand prisoners).
Austria | 94.8 |
Belgium | 89.7 |
Bulgaria | 101.9 |
Croatia | 87.5 |
Cyprus | 67.0 |
Czech Republic | 180.2 |
Denmark | 66.8 |
Estonia | 176.0 |
Finland | 43.3 |
France | 92.9 |
Germany | 71.0 |
Greece | 106.1 |
Hungary | 179.7 |
Ireland | 74.4 |
Italy | 90.0 |
Latvia | 160.5 |
Lithuania | 190.3 |
Luxembourg | 87.8 |
Malta | 159.0* |
Netherlands | 53.9 |
Norway | 56.6 |
Poland | 179.4 |
Portugal | 110.8 |
Romania | 113.5 |
Slovakia | 192.1 |
Slovenia | 53.9 |
Spain | 116.3 |
Sweden | 70.3 |
Switzerland | 72.9 |
UK: England and Wales | 131.5 |
UK: Northern Ireland | 73.8 |
UK: Scotland | 134.9 |
Source: Aebi, M. F., Cocco, E., Molnar, L. & Tiago, M. M., (2022). SPACE I – 2021 – Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics: Prison populations. Strasbourg: Council of Europe, Table 3.
Reference date for Croatia, Poland, and UK (England and Wales): 31st December 2020 (instead of 31st January 2021).
Reference date for Latvia: 1st February 2021 (instead of 31st January 2021).
Reference date for Estonia, Lithuania, and Portugal: 1st January 2021 (instead of 31st Januay 2021).
Reference date for Poland: 31st December 2020 (instead of 31st Janaury 2021).
Reference date for Sweden: 1st October 2020 (instead of 31st Janaury 2021).
*Malta, Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) retrieved from World Prison Brief (reference date: February 2021).