Prison population (total)

In 2016, Italy's prison population (total) increased by 4.8% compared to 2015, reaching 55,978.

Italy ranks 5th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 18.1% (from 68,325 in 2011).

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