Based on a comparison of 31 countries in 2015, Lithuania ranked the highest in Prison capacity and number of persons held - Actual number of persons held in prison (per 100,000 inhabitants) with 252 persons followed by Latvia and Estonia. On the other end of the scale was Denmark with 56.6 persons, Sweden with 56.9 persons and Finland with 57.3 persons.
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| Country | Unit |
| Albania | persons |
| Austria | persons |
| Belgium | persons |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | persons |
| Bulgaria | persons |
| Croatia | persons |
| Cyprus | persons |
| Czechia | persons |
| Denmark | persons |
| Estonia | persons |
| Finland | persons |
| France | persons |
| Germany | persons |
| Hungary | persons |
| Iceland | persons |
| Ireland | persons |
| Italy | persons |
| Kosovo | persons |
| Latvia | persons |
| Liechtenstein | persons |
| Lithuania | persons |
| Luxembourg | persons |
| Malta | persons |
| Montenegro | persons |
| Netherlands | persons |
| Norway | persons |
| Poland | persons |
| Portugal | persons |
| Romania | persons |
| Serbia | persons |
| Slovakia | persons |
| Slovenia | persons |
| Spain | persons |
| Sweden | persons |
| Switzerland | persons |
| Turkey | persons |
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| 147 | ... | 165 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 104 | 102 | 105 | 105 | 105 | |||
| 94.2 | 97.1 | 100 | 101 | 106 | ... | ||
| ... | ... | 71.4 | 71.7 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 121 | 126 | 134 | 130 | 121 | |||
| 113 | 120 | 119 | 111 | 102 | |||
| 72.5 | 77.6 | 74.1 | 78.7 | 63.9 | |||
| 210 | 209 | 221 | 216 | 158 | |||
| 67.5 | 71.3 | 71.0 | 68.6 | 73.0 | |||
| 266 | 254 | 256 | 248 | 236 | |||
| 67.4 | 62.9 | 60.8 | 61.2 | 60.7 | |||
| 94.8 | 93.6 | 99.7 | 102 | 102 | |||
| 88.2 | 86.6 | 86.7 | 85.3 | 82.2 | |||
| 154 | 163 | 172 | 173 | 180 | |||
| 46.3 | 52.6 | 47.1 | 47.9 | 47.2 | ... | ... | |
| 85.6 | 94.9 | 92.2 | 93.6 | 89.0 | |||
| 111 | 117 | 115 | 113 | 107 | |||
| ... | ... | ... | 80.3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 326 | 320 | 316 | 299 | 254 | |||
| 419 | 212 | 196 | 165 | 185 | |||
| 272 | 291 | 325 | 324 | 312 | |||
| 142 | 136 | 124 | 127 | 122 | |||
| 120 | 141 | 141 | 140 | 146 | |||
| 243 | 235 | 214 | 215 | 171 | |||
| 87.1 | 86.7 | 83.9 | 80.5 | 75.8 | |||
| 69.6 | 73.4 | 78.6 | 81.3 | 76.6 | ... | ... | |
| 225 | 217 | 218 | 225 | 211 | |||
| 107 | 112 | 123 | 132 | 139 | |||
| 131 | 132 | 143 | 158 | 167 | |||
| 150 | 153 | 153 | 142 | 140 | |||
| 173 | 186 | 195 | 201 | 180 | |||
| 67.2 | 66.0 | 62.1 | 67.0 | 66.1 | |||
| 165 | 159 | 151 | 147 | 143 | |||
| 78.7 | 73.3 | 70.8 | 66.4 | 59.9 | |||
| 72.8 | 74.0 | 71.5 | 76.7 | 82.8 | |||
| ... | 163 | 167 | 174 | 182 | 192 | ... |
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