In 2024, France's incarceration rate was 111.5 per 100,000 people, compared with 119.5 a decade ago in 2013. France's incarceration rate started decreasing sharply after 2015 until 2023, with the lowest point in 2021 when the incarceration rate was 92.9.
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EDQM. (July 15, 2025). Incarceration rate in France from 2008 to 2024 (per 100,000 inhabitants) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from /statistics/1417419/incarceration-rate-in-france/
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