Prison population (adults)

In 2018, Austria's prison population (adults) increased by 3.7% compared to 2017, reaching 9,034.

Austria ranks 13th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 3.1% (from 8,759 in 2013).

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