Prison population (juveniles)

In 2019, Portugal's prison population (juveniles) decreased by 7.3% compared to 2018, reaching 306.

Portugal ranks 6th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 30.1% (from 438 in 2014).

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