Prison capacity and number of persons held in Croatia
Croatia: Prison capacity and number of persons held was 4,052 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
4,052
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
24th
of 37 countries
All-time high
4,052
in 2023
All-time low
3,501
in 2008
Years of data
16
2008–2024
Prison capacity and number of persons held in Croatia, 2008–2024
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
Croatia recorded 4,052 for prison capacity and number of persons held in 2024. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prison capacity and number of persons held in Croatia peaked at 4,052 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3,501, in 2008.
Croatia ranks 24th of 37 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Prison capacity and number of persons held in Croatia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3,501 | — |
| 2009 | 3,501 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3,501 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 3,921 | +12.0% |
| 2012 | 3,921 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 3,921 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 4,022 | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 4,022 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 3,900 | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 3,900 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3,919 | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 3,919 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 3,927 | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 3,927 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 4,052 | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 4,052 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,501 | 3,501 | 3,501 | 2 |
| 2010s | 3,892 | 3,501 | 4,022 | 9 |
| 2020s | 3,975 | 3,919 | 4,052 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
More urban development data for Croatia
- Population in the largest city 30.5% (2025)
- Population density 68.97 people per sq. km of land area (2023)
- PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure 15.78 micrograms per cubic meter (2023)
- Population in largest city 684,359 (2025)
- Establishments, bedrooms and bed-places in tourist accommodation, by 121,113 (2025)
- PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO 99.8% (2017)
- Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by degree of 94.79 million (2025)
- Housing cost overburden rate by NUTS 2 region 3.2 (2025)
- Expenditure on housing function by type of benefit and means-testing 2.32 (2024)
- Wagons and their load capacity by type of wagons 3,183 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prison capacity and number of persons held in Croatia?
- Prison capacity and number of persons held in Croatia was 4,052 in 2024, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest prison capacity and number of persons held recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,052 in 2023.
- What is the lowest prison capacity and number of persons held recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,501 in 2008.
- How does Croatia rank for prison capacity and number of persons held?
- Croatia ranks 24th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is prison capacity and number of persons held rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Croatia data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Prison capacity and number of persons held. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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