Imprisonment rate in Europe

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

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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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
1. Russia
2. Belarus
3. Turkey
4. Lithuania
5. Czechia
6. Estonia
7. Poland
8. Albania
9. Latvia
10. Liechtenstein
11. Slovakia
12. Moldova
13. Hungary
14. Montenegro
15. North 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


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