Prison population (total)

In 2021, Croatia's prison population (total) increased by 10.6% compared to 2020, reaching 3,905.

Croatia ranks 19th 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 25.6% (from 3,108 in 2016).

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