Prison population (juveniles)

In 2020, Portugal's prison population (juveniles) decreased by 18.6% compared to 2019, reaching 249.

Portugal ranks 7th 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 32.0% (from 366 in 2015).

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