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Police officers per 100,000 inhabitants
How many police officers does each European country have for its population?
police officers per 100,000 inhabitants
- Turkey579 2024
- Cyprus565 2024
- Montenegro562 2024
- Greece559 2024
- Croatia522 2024
- North Macedonia471 2017
- Kosovo458 2020
- Bulgaria452 2024
- Portugal438 2024
- Italy399 2020
- Luxembourg396 2024
- Malta382 2024
- Spain379 2024
- Hungary376 2024
- Czechia369 2024
- France361 2022
- Austria358 2024
- Albania347 2023
- Slovakia346 2024
- Belgium343 2024
- Liechtenstein342 2024
- Ireland331 2024
- Slovenia321 2024
- Germany320 2024
- Netherlands291 2024
Source: Eurostat, Personnel in the criminal justice system (crim_just_job). Data for 2017 to 2024. What it counts, how to cite it and the data
At a glance
- 35 countries or territories have a figure.
- The highest is Turkey at 579 (2024) and the lowest is Finland at 139 (2024).
- The middle value (the median) is 347.
What it counts
Police officers, per 100,000 inhabitants, in the European countries that report to Eurostat.
What it leaves out, and how far to trust a comparison
Some countries have several police forces, a gendarmerie or armed police that count differently, and some include staff who do not patrol. The figure does not show how police are used or how much crime there is.
Source
Eurostat: Personnel in the criminal justice system (crim_just_job). Source licence: CC BY 4.0. Data retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25.
Cite this chart
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Reference (APA style)
TheLawToKnow. (2026). Police officers per 100,000 inhabitants [Chart]. Law in Charts. https://tools.thelawtoknow.com/law-in-charts/police-per-100000. Data: Eurostat, Personnel in the criminal justice system (crim_just_job), https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/crim_just_job/default/table (data retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25).
Short credit for slides and websites
Chart: TheLawToKnow, Law in Charts (https://tools.thelawtoknow.com/law-in-charts/police-per-100000). Data: Eurostat.
BibTeX
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