Prison population (adults)

In 2015, Belgium's prison population (adults) stood at 10,870.

Belgium ranks 10th 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 4.2% (from 10,434 in 2010).

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