Prison population (adults)

In 2021, Bulgaria's prison population (adults) decreased by 5.8% compared to 2020, reaching 5,858.

Bulgaria ranks 15th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 20.0% (from 7,318 in 2016).

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