It dropped 6.6%, from 109.7 inmates per 100,000 of people in 2016 to 102.5 last year, according to the Council of Europe. [...]
Russia has by far the highest proportion of people behind bars in Europe, with 418.3 inmates per 100,000 of the country's population.
Many ex-Eastern Bloc countries also have high incarceration rates: Russia is followed by Georgia (252.2), Azerbaijan (235) and Lithuania (234.9), the highest in the EU.
Europe’s lowest incarceration rates were found in Iceland (46.8), Finland (51.1), Netherlands (54.4), Sweden (56.5), Denmark (63.2) and Norway (65.4). [...]
Iceland had the biggest jump in the proportion of people behind bars between 2016 and 2018, recording a 25.4% increase. [...]
France had the highest suicide rate per 100,000 inmates at 12.6, just ahead of Austria at 12.3, and Germany at 11.8.
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