Prison population (adults)

In 2019, Austria's prison population (adults) decreased by 1.2% compared to 2018, reaching 8,925.

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 3.6% (from 8,612 in 2014).

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