Prison population (adults)

In 2016, Bulgaria's prison population (adults) decreased by 0.6% compared to 2015, reaching 7,318.

Bulgaria ranks 13th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 25.3% (from 9,796 in 2011).

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