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Prison population rate

Administrative records Outcome indicator
Prison population rate Iceland: 17 values 0.0020.040.060.0 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 Iceland · 2008: 44.4 Iceland · 2009: 46.3 Iceland · 2010: 52.6 Iceland · 2011: 47.1 Iceland · 2012: 47.9 Iceland · 2013: 47.2 Iceland · 2014: 47.3 Iceland · 2015: 42.2 Iceland · 2016: 34.9 Iceland · 2017: 40.5 Iceland · 2018: 39.0 Iceland · 2019: 44.3 Iceland · 2020: 38.7 Iceland · 2021: 38.5 Iceland · 2022: 36.7 Iceland · 2023: 35.6 Iceland · 2024: 35.5
Iceland per 100,000 population

Source: Eurostat — Crime and criminal justice

How do we know? As the publisher reported it; the platform does not adjust figures.

35.46 per 100,000 population for Iceland in 2024, published by European Commission (Eurostat).

Source

Published by
European Commission (Eurostat)
Source
Eurostat — Crime and criminal justice
Licence
CC BY 4.0 ↗
Attribution
Eurostat — Crime and criminal justice
Retrieved
9 November 2026

Version

Value
35.46 per 100,000 population
Period
2024
Status
Observed
Kind of data
Administrative records
Country
Iceland

How good is this figure?

Separate dimensions, not one score — an excellent source can still be incomparable across countries.

Source
National primary source
Definition
Definition from the publisher
Comparability
Limited international comparability
Status
Observed
Evidence
Administrative records

Latest value in every country that publishes one

CSV JSON
Country Value Year Status
Albania 181.7 2023 Observed
Austria 105.4 2024 Observed
Belgium 106.5 2024 Observed
Bosnia and Herzegovina 71.7 2011 Observed
Bulgaria 84.4 2024 Observed
Croatia 128.6 2024 Observed
Cyprus 99.9 2024 Observed
Czechia 178.3 2024 Observed
Denmark 69.9 2024 Observed
Estonia 119.1 2024 Observed
Finland 56.9 2024 Observed
France 117.5 2024 Observed
Germany — Bund 70.5 2024 Observed
Greece 110.7 2024 Observed
Hungary 192.6 2024 Observed
Iceland 35.5 2024 Observed
Ireland 95.7 2024 Observed
Italy 107.7 2024 Observed
Latvia 186.6 2024 Observed
Liechtenstein 192.4 2024 Observed
Lithuania 155.2 2024 Observed
Luxembourg 93.5 2024 Observed
Malta 123.7 2024 Observed
Montenegro 191.0 2024 Observed
Netherlands 66.6 2024 Observed
North Macedonia 122.7 2024 Observed
Norway 60.5 2024 Observed
Poland 190.7 2024 Observed
Portugal 117.5 2024 Observed
Romania 129.1 2024 Observed
Serbia 173.1 2024 Observed
Slovakia 150.6 2024 Observed
Slovenia 85.0 2024 Observed
Spain — Estado 121.8 2024 Observed
Sweden 106.5 2024 Observed
Switzerland — Confederation 75.0 2024 Observed
Türkiye 449.4 2024 Observed

Sorted by name, not by value: this is a table of evidence, not a league.