Prison population (total)

In 2023, Italy's prison population (total) increased by 7.2% compared to 2022, reaching 61,568.

Italy ranks 3rd 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 0.7% (from 61,131 in 2018).

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