Prison population (adults)

In 2019, Italy's prison population (adults) increased by 1.9% compared to 2018, reaching 60,769.

Italy ranks 3rd out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 13.3% (from 53,623 in 2014).

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