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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 620
2 Georgia 423
3 Belarus 385
4 Latvia 319
5 Ukraine 314
6 Estonia 273
7 Lithuania 234
8 Azerbaijan 229
9 Moldova (Republic of) 227
10 Poland 224
11 Czech Republic 209
12 Jersey (United Kingdom) 203
13 Spain 164
14 Turkey 159
14 Albania 159
16 Luxembourg 155
17 Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 154
17 United Kingdom: England & Wales 154
19 United Kingdom: Scotland 153
19 Montenegro 153
21 Hungary 152
22 Slovakia 151
23 Serbia 143
24 Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 127
25 Romania 125
26 Bulgaria 124
27 Armenia 122
28 Malta 116
29 Guernsey (United Kingdom) 113
30 Greece 109
31 Croatia 107
31 Macedonia (former Yugoslav Republic of) 107
33 Portugal 105
34 Netherlands 100
35 Austria 99
36 Italy 97
37 France 96
38 Belgium 94
39 Germany 90
40 Ireland, Republic of 85
41 Cyprus (Republic of) 83
42 United Kingdom: Northern Ireland 80
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
50 Slovenia 65
51 Denmark 63
52 Kosovo/Kosova c.62
53 Iceland 44
54 Andorra 37
55 Faeroe Islands (Denmark) 23
56 Liechtenstein 20

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