Prison population rate
Persons held in prison per 100,000 inhabitants, including pre-trial detainees, counted on one reference day of the year (Eurostat crime and criminal justice statistics).
Countries count on different reference days, mostly 1 September or 31 December.
Key facts
- Hungary had the highest prison population rate of 27 EU countries in 2024, at 192.6 per 100,000 people, and Finland the lowest, at 56.9 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
- Published for 27 places, with figures from 2008 to 2024.
Rankings
EU countries by prison population rate, 2024
Places with data
Countries
- Germany
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- Poland
- Romania
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Czechia
- Portugal
- Finland
- Denmark
- Hungary
- Greece
- Croatia
- Cyprus
Use this data in your AI agent
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Which places have the highest prison population rate? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"prison_population_rate","level":"country","within":"European Union (27)"}
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