Prison population (total)

In 2022, Austria's prison population (total) increased by 6.6% compared to 2021, reaching 8,993.

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 1.6% (from 8,852 in 2017).

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