# EU countries by prison population rate, 2024

All 27 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `prison_population_rate`
- Unit: per 100,000 people
- Definition: 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).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Prison capacity and number of persons held, actual number held per 100,000 inhabitants (crim_pris_cap) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/crim_pris_cap/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Eurostat. Prison capacity and number of persons held, actual number held per 100,000 inhabitants (crim_pris_cap). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/crim_pris_cap/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/prison-population-rate/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | per 100,000 people |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Hungary | 192.6 |
| 2 | Poland | 190.7 |
| 3 | Latvia | 186.6 |
| 4 | Czechia | 178.3 |
| 5 | Lithuania | 155.2 |
| 6 | Slovakia | 150.6 |
| 7 | Romania | 129.1 |
| 8 | Croatia | 128.6 |
| 9 | Malta | 123.7 |
| 10 | Spain | 121.8 |
| 11 | Estonia | 119.1 |
| 12 | Portugal | 117.6 |
| 13 | France | 117.5 |
| 14 | Greece | 110.7 |
| 15 | Italy | 107.7 |
| 16 | Sweden | 106.5 |
| 17 | Belgium | 106.5 |
| 18 | Austria | 105.4 |
| 19 | Cyprus | 99.9 |
| 20 | Ireland | 95.7 |
| 21 | Luxembourg | 93.5 |
| 22 | Slovenia | 85 |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 84.4 |
| 24 | Germany | 70.5 |
| 25 | Denmark | 69.9 |
| 26 | Netherlands | 66.6 |
| 27 | Finland | 56.9 |