BG · 2015 · crim_pris_age
Prison population (adults)
Bulgaria, 2015
Prison population (adults)
7,362
Bulgaria, 2015
▼ 5.7% vs 2014 (7,807)
Analysis
In 2015, Bulgaria's prison population (adults) decreased by 5.7% compared to 2014, reaching 7,362.
Bulgaria ranks 15th 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 20.9% (from 9,306 in 2010).
Source: Eurostat dataset crim_pris_age, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2015
#15 of 27
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2010 2024
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Eurostat · crim_pris_age