Prison population (juveniles)

In 2017, Portugal's prison population (juveniles) increased by 2.1% compared to 2016, reaching 336.

Portugal ranks 7th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 45.2% (from 613 in 2012).

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