Prison population (total)

In 2017, Austria's prison population (total) increased by 2.7% compared to 2016, reaching 8,852.

Austria ranks 14th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.5% (from 8,805 in 2012).

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