BG · 2019 · crim_pris_age
Prison population (adults)
Bulgaria, 2019
Prison population (adults)
6,428
Bulgaria, 2019
▼ 3.0% vs 2018 (6,624)
Analysis
In 2019, Bulgaria's prison population (adults) decreased by 3.0% compared to 2018, reaching 6,428.
Bulgaria ranks 15th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 17.7% (from 7,807 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset crim_pris_age, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#15 of 25
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2010 2024
Source:
Eurostat · crim_pris_age