Prison population (adults)

In 2017, Austria's prison population (adults) increased by 2.4% compared to 2016, reaching 8,710.

Austria ranks 13th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.3% (from 8,681 in 2012).

Source: Eurostat dataset crim_pris_age, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.