Prison population (total)

In 2018, Slovakia's prison population (total) increased by 2.7% compared to 2017, reaching 10,294.

Slovakia ranks 12th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 5.5% (from 9,753 in 2013).

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