Imprisonment rate in Europe

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Number of prisoners per 100,000 people in Europe:

The average for 2017 based on 44 countries was 132 prisoners per 100,000 people.The highest value was in Russia: 418 prisoners per 100,000 people and the lowest value was in San Marino: 9 prisoners per 100,000 people. The indicator is available from 2002 to 2017. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: prisoners per 100,000 people; Source: The UN office on drugs and crime

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1. Russia

2. Belarus

3. Turkey

4. Lithuania

5. Czech Rep.

6. Estonia

7. Poland

8. Albania

9. Latvia

10. Liechtenstein

11. Slovakia

12. Moldova

13. Hungary

14. Montenegro

15. Macedonia

16. UK

17. Malta

18. Portugal

19. Ukraine

20. Spain

21. Serbia

22. Romania

23. Luxembourg

24. France

25. Italy

26. Austria

27. Bulgaria

28. Greece

29. Belgium

30. Ireland

31. Germany

32. Switzerland

33. Monaco

34. Andorra

35. Norway

36. Denmark

37. Slovenia

38. Netherlands

39. Sweden

40. Finland

41. Cyprus

42. Iceland

43. Faroe Isl.

44. San Marino

Definition: Number of prisoners per 100,000 people.

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