BG · 2020 · crim_pris_age
Prison population (total)
Bulgaria, 2020
Prison population (total)
6,251
Bulgaria, 2020
▼ 3.1% vs 2019 (6,448)
Analysis
In 2020, Bulgaria's prison population (total) decreased by 3.1% compared to 2019, reaching 6,251.
Bulgaria ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 15.6% (from 7,408 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset crim_pris_age, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#16 of 27
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2010 2024
Source:
Eurostat · crim_pris_age