Number of prisoners fell 1.07% to 9,913 persons in Slovakia in 2015, according to the United Nations.
Historically, number of prisoners in Slovakia reached an all time high of 10,850 persons in 2012 and an all time low of 6,897 persons in 1998.
Slovakia has been ranked 55th within the group of 105 countries we follow in terms of number of prisoners, 19 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Prisoners | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Austria | persons | 8,708 | 8,813 | 8,954 | 8,805 | 8,862 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Czechia | persons | 21,853 | 21,900 | 23,170 | 22,644 | 16,645 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | persons | 72,295 | 70,827 | 69,543 | 68,533 | 66,221 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | persons | 15,432 | 16,328 | 17,210 | 17,179 | 17,841 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Italy | persons | 65,598 | 69,263 | 68,325 | 67,102 | 63,848 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | persons | 85,749 | 82,372 | 82,832 | 85,459 | 80,165 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | persons | 863,899 | 818,037 | 755,648 | 701,909 | 677,287 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | persons | 9,316 | 10,031 | 10,525 | 10,850 | 9,753 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | persons | 5,605 | 5,765 | 5,626 | 6,102 | 6,652 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 147,716 | 154,027 | 154,029 | ... | 147,112 | ... | ... |
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