Prison population (adults)

In 2016, Austria's prison population (adults) decreased by 0.6% compared to 2015, reaching 8,503.

Austria ranks 12th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.4% (from 8,624 in 2011).

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