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Prison Brief - Highest to Lowest Rates

Europe - Prison Population Rates per 100,000 of the national population

For more details about the figures of any country, please click on the name of that country

1 Russian Federation 610
2 Georgia 423
3 Belarus 385
4 Latvia 319
5 Ukraine 314
6 Estonia 273
7 Lithuania 234
8 Azerbaijan 229
9 Poland 220
10 Czech Republic 204
11 Jersey (United Kingdom) 190
12 Moldova (Republic of) 184
13 Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 174
14 Spain 165
15 Turkey 161
16 Albania 159
17 Luxembourg 155
18 Hungary 153
18 Montenegro 153
20 United Kingdom: England & Wales 152
21 Slovakia 151
22 United Kingdom: Scotland 146
23 Serbia 143
24 Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 127
25 Romania 125
26 Bulgaria 124
27 Armenia 122
28 Malta 120
29 Guernsey (United Kingdom) 117
30 Greece 109
31 Croatia 107
31 Italy 107
31 Macedonia (former Yugoslav Republic of) 107
34 Portugal 106
35 Netherlands 100
36 Austria 99
37 France 96
38 Belgium 94
39 Germany 88
40 Ireland, Republic of 85
41 Cyprus (Republic of) 83
42 United Kingdom: Northern Ireland 77
43 Monaco 76
43 Switzerland 76
45 Sweden 74
46 Norway 70
47 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation 67
47 Finland 67
49 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska 66
49 Denmark 66
51 Slovenia 65
52 Kosovo/Kosova c.62
53 Iceland 55
54 Andorra 37
55 Faeroe Islands (Denmark) 25
56 Liechtenstein 20

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