Statizoid

Austria vs Italy: Prison population rate

Austria
104 prisoners per 100,000 people
in 2026
Italy
108 prisoners per 100,000 people
in 2025
Austria rank
142nd
Italy rank
141st

Prison population rate over time

  • Austria
  • Italy
0255075100200020132026

How they compare

Italy currently reports 108 prisoners per 100,000 people against 104 prisoners per 100,000 people in Austria, a difference of 4 prisoners per 100,000 people.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Italy ahead.

Austria ranks 142nd and Italy ranks 141st of 202 countries.

Individual pages

About this data

Indicator
Prison population rate
Unit
prisoners per 100,000 people
Source
Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
202 places, 2,155 data points, 1993–2026
Last refreshed

Prison population (including pre-trial detainees and remand prisoners), per 100,000 population.