Prison population (total)

In 2013, Italy's prison population (total) decreased by 4.8% compared to 2012, reaching 63,848.

Italy ranks 5th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 7.7% (from 59,284 in 2008).

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