Prison population (adults)

In 2017, Belgium's prison population (adults) stood at 10,471.

Belgium ranks 9th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 5.5% (from 11,078 in 2012).

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