Prison population (total)

In 2019, Latvia's prison population (total) decreased by 3.1% compared to 2018, reaching 3,414.

Latvia ranks 21st 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 28.1% (from 4,745 in 2014).

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