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Luxembourg vs Sweden: Prison population rate

Luxembourg
91 prisoners per 100,000 people
in 2024
Sweden
92 prisoners per 100,000 people
in 2024
Luxembourg rank
153rd
Sweden rank
152nd

Prison population rate over time

  • Luxembourg
  • Sweden
050100150200020122024

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 92 prisoners per 100,000 people against 91 prisoners per 100,000 people in Luxembourg, a difference of 1 prisoners per 100,000 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 12 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Luxembourg ahead.

Luxembourg ranks 153rd and Sweden ranks 152nd of 202 regions.

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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.