Prison population (juveniles)

In 2018, Malta's prison population (juveniles) increased by 16.7% compared to 2017, reaching 21.

Malta ranks 21st out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 61.5% (from 13 in 2013).

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