Prison population (total)

In 2021, Italy's prison population (total) increased by 1.4% compared to 2020, reaching 55,349.

Italy ranks 4th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.1% (from 55,978 in 2016).

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