Prison population (juveniles)

In 2013, Portugal's prison population (juveniles) decreased by 9.8% compared to 2012, reaching 553.

Portugal ranks 5th 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 57.1% (from 352 in 2008).

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