Prison population (total)

In 2021, Austria's prison population (total) decreased by 0.6% compared to 2020, reaching 8,436.

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 fallen by 2.1% (from 8,619 in 2016).

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