Prison population (juveniles)

In 2014, Portugal's prison population (juveniles) decreased by 20.8% compared to 2013, reaching 438.

Portugal ranks 6th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 15.9% (from 521 in 2009).

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