How the numbers were computed
For the story People held in prison per 100,000 inhabitants in the EU.
Every number in the story is a Eurostat value or is computed from Eurostat values. Each value is named by dataset, Eurostat key and period. Each request is kept as received.
Where a chart shows values to two decimals, at one decimal some different values would look equal.
The ranking
Ranks
Rank by value, highest first. Equal values share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. There are no ties in this ranking.
- 27 values, one per country
crim_pris_cap:A.PRIS_ACT_CAP.P_HTHAB.<geo>@2024(<geo> is the country code) · request r1
3.4
Highest value ÷ lowest value: 192.64 ÷ 56.87 = 3.3874. Rounded to 1 decimal.
- 192.64: Hungary, 2024
crim_pris_cap:A.PRIS_ACT_CAP.P_HTHAB.HU@2024· request r1 - 56.87: Finland, 2024
crim_pris_cap:A.PRIS_ACT_CAP.P_HTHAB.FI@2024· request r1
27 / 27
EU countries with a value for 2024: all 27 of the 27 EU member states.
- 27 values, one per country
crim_pris_cap:A.PRIS_ACT_CAP.P_HTHAB.<geo>@2024(<geo> is the country code) · request r1
Over time
Changes in %, 2015 to 2024
Per country, (the 2024 value ÷ the 2015 value − 1) × 100. Rounded to each value rounded to 2 decimals as displayed, then divided; the change rounded half up to a whole number.
- 27 values, one per country
crim_pris_cap:A.PRIS_ACT_CAP.P_HTHAB.<geo>@2024(<geo> is the country code) · request r1 - 27 values, one per country
crim_pris_cap:A.PRIS_ACT_CAP.P_HTHAB.<geo>@2015(<geo> is the country code) · request r1
Countries where the rate fell
The countries whose difference 2024 − 2015 is below zero, 14 in all.
Countries where the rate rose
The countries whose difference 2024 − 2015 is above zero, 13 in all.
In per hundred thousand inhabitants
Ranks, held before or during their trial
Rank by value, highest first. Equal values share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. Germany and Sweden, at 27.0% each, are both 8th, and France is 10th.
- 26 values, one per country
crim_pris_tri:A.TRI_PRE.PC.<geo>@2024(<geo> is the country code) · request r2
35.0 percentage points
Highest value − lowest value, in percentage points: 43.2 − 8.2 = 35.0. Rounded to each value rounded to 1 decimal as displayed, then subtracted.
- 43.2: Croatia, 2024
crim_pris_tri:A.TRI_PRE.PC.HR@2024· request r2 - 8.2: Czechia, 2024
crim_pris_tri:A.TRI_PRE.PC.CZ@2024· request r2
Eurostat values in the text
56.87
Eurostat publishes it as shown.
- 56.87: Finland, 2024
crim_pris_cap:A.PRIS_ACT_CAP.P_HTHAB.FI@2024· request r1
192.64
Eurostat publishes it as shown.
- 192.64: Hungary, 2024
crim_pris_cap:A.PRIS_ACT_CAP.P_HTHAB.HU@2024· request r1
43.2
Eurostat publishes it as shown.
- 43.2: Croatia, 2024
crim_pris_tri:A.TRI_PRE.PC.HR@2024· request r2
8.2
Eurostat publishes it as shown.
- 8.2: Czechia, 2024
crim_pris_tri:A.TRI_PRE.PC.CZ@2024· request r2
Requests
- r1: Eurostat API query · retrieved 7 November 2026 · data updated 29 April 2026 · fingerprint:
8a0d5b7c75e9ac9120057625937eacae7dc0adc5b2c6214c1899de703ecd5879 - r2: Eurostat API query · retrieved 7 November 2026 · data updated 29 April 2026 · fingerprint:
360ae8aee9192374f7206873e106526ccdf03dc828cd48ad80bf05e8040a13e2