Prison population (total)

In 2018, Latvia's prison population (total) decreased by 6.5% compared to 2017, reaching 3,522.

Latvia ranks 20th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 31.4% (from 5,136 in 2013).

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