Male adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions fell 7.96% to 9,950 persons in Netherlands in 2015, according to the United Nations.
Historically, male adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions in Netherlands reached an all time high of 14,338 persons in 2005 and an all time low of 9,950 persons in 2015. When compared to Netherlands's main peers, male adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions in Belgium amounted to 10,345 persons, 3,079 persons in Denmark, 59,411 persons in Germany and 88,176 persons in United Kingdom in 2015.
Netherlands has been ranked 34th within the group of 66 countries we follow in terms of male adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions, 13 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Male Adults Held in Prisons, Penal or Correctional Institutions | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Austria | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7,453 | 7,599 | 7,734 | 8,113 | 8,221 | ... | |||||
| Belgium | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Denmark | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3,523 | 3,743 | 3,774 | 3,673 | 3,890 | ||
| France | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 58,288 | 57,929 | 61,908 | 63,668 | 64,213 | |||||
| Germany | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 68,438 | 66,982 | 65,616 | 64,590 | 62,424 | |||||
| Ireland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3,690 | 4,122 | 4,054 | 4,118 | 3,588 | ||||||
| Luxembourg | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 659 | 651 | 594 | 634 | 621 | |||||
| Netherlands | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12,794 | 12,841 | 12,631 | 12,216 | 11,575 | ||||||
| Norway | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3,043 | 3,270 | 3,556 | 3,720 | 3,628 | |||||||
| Poland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 77,745 | 75,007 | 76,011 | 78,668 | 74,005 | |||||||
| Sweden | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,437 | 6,272 | 5,922 | 5,383 | ||
| United Kingdom | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 83,554 | 86,155 | 87,300 | 88,092 | 85,865 |
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