Austria
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 78
Female: 5
Total: 83
Percentage of the total prison population1
Belgium
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 0
Female: 0
Total: 0
Percentage of the total prison population0
Bulgaria
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 49
Female: 0
Total: 49
Percentage of the total prison population0.7
Croatia
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 55
Female: 0
Total: 55
Percentage of the total prison population1.5
Cyprus
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 15
Female: 0
Total: 15
Percentage of the total prison population2.5
Czech Republlic
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 16
Female: 0
Total: 16
Percentage of the total prison population1
Denmark
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 4
Female: 0
Total: 4
Percentage of the total prison population0.1
Estonia
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 5
Female: 0
Total: 5
Percentage of the total prison population0.2
Finland
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 12
Female: 0
Total: 12
Percentage of the total prison population0.5
France
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale:
Female:
Total: 752*
Percentage of the total prison population1*
Germany
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 593
Female: 0
Total: 593
Percentage of the total prison population10
Greece
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 30
Female: 0
Total: 30
Percentage of the total prison population0.3
Hungary
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 14
Female:
Total: 14
Percentage of the total prison population0.08
Ireland
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 33
Female: 0
Total: 33
Percentage of the total prison population0.9
Italy
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 268*
Female: 13*
Total: 281*
Percentage of the total prison population0.3
Latvia
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 9
Female:
Total:
Percentage of the total prison population0.3
Lithuania
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 22
Female:
Total:
Percentage of the total prison population0.4
Luxembourg
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 0
Female: 0
Total: 0
Percentage of the total prison population0
Malta
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 0*
Female: 0*
Total: 0*
Percentage of the total prison population0*
Netherlands
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 0
Female: 0
Total: 0
Percentage of the total prison population0
Norway
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 7
Female: 0
Total: 7
Percentage of the total prison population0.2
Poland
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 931
Female: NA
Total: 931
Percentage of the total prison population1.4
Portugal
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 35
Female: 0
Total: 35
Percentage of the total prison population0.3
Romania
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 241
Female: 0
Total: 241
Percentage of the total prison population1.32
Slovakia
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 68
Female: 0
Total: 68
Percentage of the total prison population0.6
Slovenia
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 4
Female: 0
Total: 4
Percentage of the total prison population0.3
Spain
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 0
Female: 0
Total: 0
Percentage of the total prison population0
Sweden
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 23
Female: NA
Total: 23
Percentage of the total prison population0.3
Switzerland
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 396*
Female: 41*
Total: 437*
Percentage of the total prison population6.9
UK: England and Wales
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 381
Female: 0
Total: 381
Percentage of the total prison population0.5
UK: Northern Ireland
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 8
Female: 0
Total: 8
Percentage of the total prison population0.9
UK: Scotland
Number of juvenile / minor inmatesMale: 199
Female: 0
Total: 199
Percentage of the total prison population2.7
Total Number of juvenile / minor inmates4,276

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 2020 (instead of 31st January 2021).
Reference date for Estonia and Latvia: 1st January 2020 (instead of 31st January 2021).
Reference date for Lithuania and Portugal: 1st January 2021 (instead of 31st Januay 2021).
Reference date for Sweden: 1st October 2020 (instead of 31st January 2021).

*France, number of imprisoned minors: retrieved from Observatoire International Des Prisons (Section Française), (reference date: 1st January 2021).
*Italy, number of imprisoned minors: retrieved from Antigone (“XVII rapporto sulle condizioni di detenzione. Ragazzi dentro. Minori e giovani adulti in carcere Minori e giovani adulti in carcere”), (reference date: 15th January 2021). Total percentage calculated with total prison population from COE SPACE I 2021 (reference date 31st January 2021) and information about juveniles from Antigone (reference date: 15th January 2021).
*Malta, number of imprisoned minors: retrieved from World Prison Brief (reference date: February 2021).
*Switzerland, number of imprisoned male and female minors: retrieved from the Federal Statistical Office of Switzerland (www.bfs.admin.ch) under the label “Juvenile detention: Juveniles in secured accommodation under juvenile law on reference day” (reference date: 2021). Total percentage calculated with number of minors retrieved from Swiss Federal Statistics (2021) and total prison population from COE SPACE I 2021.

(!) Austria is the only country in the COE SPACE I 2021 report which has data of male and female minors in prison.

Data are often Not Available (NA) or not yet inserted in the COE SPACE I 2021. The total number of juvenile inmates is based on acquired data, therefore is approximate.