Prison population (adults)

In 2021, Austria's prison population (adults) decreased by 0.7% compared to 2020, reaching 8,340.

Austria ranks 13th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.9% (from 8,503 in 2016).

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