Prison capacity and number of persons held - Official prison capacity rose 19.8% to 5,484 persons in Albania in 2015, according to Eurostat.
Historically, Prison capacity and number of persons held - Official prison capacity in Albania reached an all time high of 5,484 persons in 2015 and an all time low of 4,166 persons in 2008.
Albania has been ranked 18th within the group of 28 countries we follow in terms of Prison capacity and number of persons held - Official prison capacity.
| Prison capacity and number of persons held - Official prison capacity | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Albania | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,425 | 4,381 | 4,417 | 4,577 | 4,577 | |||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3,080 | 3,199 | ... | 3,297 | ||
| Bulgaria | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9,006 | 9,379 | 9,885 | 9,493 | 8,834 | |||
| Croatia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3,501 | 3,501 | 3,921 | 3,921 | 3,921 | |||
| Greece | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Kosovo | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,484 | 1,785 | 2,127 | ||
| Macedonia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,941 | 2,041 | 1,941 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Montenegro | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,022 | 1,066 | 1,116 | 1,116 | 1,116 | ... | ... | |
| Serbia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,924 | 9,000 | 9,200 | ||
| Turkey | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 106,779 | 114,348 | 116,754 | 142,460 | 154,115 | ... |
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