Prison population (juveniles)

In 2016, Portugal's prison population (juveniles) decreased by 10.1% compared to 2015, reaching 329.

Portugal ranks 7th 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 48.1% (from 634 in 2011).

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