Austria
Number of female inmates543
Percentage of prison population6.4
Belgium
Number of female inmates507
Percentage of prison population4.9
Bulgaria
Number of female inmates218
Percentage of prison population3.1
Croatia
Number of female inmates188
Percentage of prison population5.3
Cyprus
Number of female inmates28
Percentage of prison population4.7
Czech Republic
Number of female inmates1,574
Percentage of prison population8.2
Denmark
Number of female inmates174
Percentage of prison population4.5
Estonia
Number of female inmates96
Percentage of prison population4.1
Finland
Number of female inmates170
Percentage of prison population7.1
France
Number of female inmates2,057
Percentage of prison population3.3
Germany
Number of female inmates3,367
Percentage of prison population5.7
Greece
Number of female inmates536
Percentage of prison population4.7
Hungary
Number of female inmates1,346
Percentage of prison population7.7
Ireland
Number of female inmates148
Percentage of prison population4
Italy
Number of female inmates2,250
Percentage of prison population4.2
Latvia
Number of female inmates257

Percentage of prison population8.5
Lithuania
Number of female inmates252
Percentage of prison population4.7
Luxembourg
Number of female inmates29
Percentage of prison population5.2
Malta
Number of female inmates58*
Percentage of prison population7.1*
Netherlands
Number of female inmates440
Percentage of prison population4.7
Norway
Number of female inmates178
Percentage of prison population5.8
Poland
Number of female inmates3,056
Percentage of prison population4.5
Portugal
Number of female inmates796
Percentage of prison population7
Romania
Number of female inmates1,010
Percentage of prison population4.6
Slovakia
Number of female inmates788
Percentage of prison population7.5
Slovenia
Number of female inmates56
Percentage of prison population4.9
Spain
Number of female inmates3,978
Percentage of prison population7.2
Sweden
Number of female inmates438
Percentage of prison population6
Switzerland
Number of female inmates357
Percentage of prison population5.7
UK: England and Wales
Number of female inmates3,136
Percentage of prison population4.0
UK: Northern Ireland
Number of female inmates52
Percentage of prison population3.7
UK: Scotland
Number of female inmates304
Percentage of prison population4.1
Total Number of female inmates28,387

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 7.
Reference date for Croatia, Poland, and UK (England and Wales): 31st December (instead of 31st January 2021).
Reference date for Estonia and Latvia: 1st Januart 2020 (instead of 31st January 2021).
Reference date for Lithuania and Portugal: 1st Januart 2021 (instead of 31st January 2021).
Reference date for Sweden: 1st October (instead of 31st January 2021).

*Malta, Number of female inmates: retrieved from World Prison Brief (reference date: February 2021).