Incarceration rate in European countries in 2021
In 2021 Russia had the highest incarceration rate among European countries, at 328.1 prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Turkey, which had an incarceration of 325.4. The country with the lowest incarceration rate in this year was Liechtenstein, which had 30.7 people in prison for every 100,000 inhabitants. Germany had one of the lowest rates of 71 when compared with other major European countries such as France and England & Wales, which had rates of 92.9 and 131.5 respectively.
