Prison population (total)

In 2019, Austria's prison population (total) decreased by 1.0% compared to 2018, reaching 9,072.

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 4.4% (from 8,692 in 2014).

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