Highest to Lowest - Occupancy level (based on official capacity)

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Data shown in the highest to lowest lists are the most recent available but not necessarily from the same date. Please click on each individual country to see the date to which the data refer. As it is not possible to obtain meaningful comparative data on numbers of children in custody in different countries, we do not include juvenile imprisonment data in the highest to lowest lists.

Ranking Title Occupancy Level (%)
  Austria 112.7
  Slovakia 70.8
  Jersey (United Kingdom) 69.0
  Estonia 56.2
  United Kingdom: Scotland 100.9
  United Kingdom: Northern Ireland 86.2
  United Kingdom: England & Wales 107.8
  Turkey 109.2
  Poland 83.7
  Italy 120.6
  Ireland, Republic of 110.4
  Georgia 76.2
  France 129.5
  Czech Republic 96.1
  Albania 90.5
  Slovenia 134.9
  Guernsey (United Kingdom) 71.2
  Norway 77.0
  Croatia 109.1
  Andorra 34.5
  Ukraine 55.9
  North Macedonia 99.3
  Liechtenstein 70.0
  Iceland 87.5
  Bulgaria 68.7
  Spain 74.1
  Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 65.2
  Sweden 110.7
  Germany 80.1
  Denmark 99.4
  Azerbaijan 96.2
  Luxembourg 60.3
  Latvia 67.8
  Armenia 55.0
  Netherlands 78.0
  Serbia 90.2
  Switzerland 94.9
  Romania 115.2
  Portugal 96.8
  San Marino 50.0
  Montenegro 78.5
  Monaco 34.8
  Hungary 101.5
  Lithuania 68.4
  Faeroe Islands (Denmark) 100.0
  Belgium 114.1
  Malta 91.5
  Greece 95.2
  Cyprus (Republic of) 155.8
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation 82.6
  Kosovo/Kosova 97.1
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska 39.7
  Finland 97.2
  Moldova (Republic of) 86.0
  Russian Federation 67.0
  Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 93.9
  Belarus 83.4