Prison population (total)

In 2016, Bulgaria's prison population (total) decreased by 0.9% compared to 2015, reaching 7,345.

Bulgaria ranks 14th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 25.7% (from 9,885 in 2011).

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