The EU's highest incarceration rates

According to recently released figures, Britain has the largest prison population in Western Europe. However, on a per capita basis, no EU country incarcerates as many people as Lithuania. In fact, all three Baltic states lead the way in European prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants. Lithuania has 305, Latvia has 240 and Estonia has 225. Read more on the indyi100.

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This chart shows prisoners per 100,000 of the population in 2014.

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Incarceration rate in selected European countries in 2024 (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Number of people in prison per 100,000 inhabitants in Lithuania from 2010 to 2025
Countries with the largest number of prisoners per 100,000 of the national population, as of March 2026
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Incarceration rate of founding NATO countries in 2024 (per 100,000 population)
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Number of people in prison per 100,000 inhabitants in Latvia from 2010 to 2025
Countries with the highest number of prisoners as of February 2026 (in 1,000s)

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