Data and information published by the statistical office of the European Union (EU) Eurostat has shown that Malta has the largest share of female prisoners in the European Union.
Data shows that between 2017 and 2019, the highest average shares were noted in Malta, with 9.8 per cent, Latvia with 8.1 per cent, Czechia with 7.8 per cent and Spain and Finland with 7.6 per cent.
The lowest shares of female population within prisons belonged to Bulgaria with 3.2 per cent, France with 3.6 per cent, Denmark and Poland with 4.1 per cent and Italy with 4.3 per cent.
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