NL · 2020 · crim_pris_age

Prison population (adults)

Netherlands, 2020

Prison population (adults)
10,574
Netherlands, 2020
▼ 6.8% vs 2019 (11,348)
Analysis

In 2020, Netherlands's prison population (adults) decreased by 6.8% compared to 2019, reaching 10,574.

Netherlands ranks 10th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.3% (from 10,439 in 2015).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#10 of 26
Netherlands timeline (last 15 years)
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