Prison population (total)

In 2015, Austria's prison population (total) decreased by 0.3% compared to 2014, reaching 8,665.

Austria ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.5% (from 8,540 in 2010).

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