Number of prisoners fell 8.08% to 1,399 persons in Slovenia in 2015, according to the United Nations.
Historically, number of prisoners in Slovenia reached an all time high of 1,522 persons in 2014 and an all time low of 614 persons in 1996.
Slovenia has been ranked 93rd within the group of 105 countries we follow in terms of number of prisoners, 27 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 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,743 | 2,757 | 2,928 | 2,898 | |||||
| Croatia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,891 | 5,165 | 5,084 | 4,741 | 4,352 | |||||||||||
| Czechia | persons | 21,853 | 21,900 | 23,170 | 22,644 | 16,645 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | persons | 60,978 | 60,544 | 64,787 | 66,572 | 67,075 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Montenegro | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,499 | 1,457 | 1,328 | 1,331 | 1,064 | |||||||||||
| Poland | persons | 85,749 | 82,372 | 82,832 | 85,459 | 80,165 | ||||||||||||||||
| Serbia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10,975 | 11,211 | 11,070 | 10,226 | 10,031 | |||||||||
| Slovakia | persons | 9,316 | 10,031 | 10,525 | 10,850 | 9,753 | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | persons | 1,365 | 1,351 | 1,273 | 1,377 | 1,360 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | persons | 5,605 | 5,765 | 5,626 | 6,102 | 6,652 |
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