| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
| Basque Country | 35,37 | 37,17 | 35,04 | 36,17 | 36,87 |
| European Union(1) | 70,03 | 72,45 | 72,49 | 70,30 | 69,69 |
| Germany | 77,36 | 78,93 | 79,63 | 80,37 | 77,47 |
| Austria | 65,17 | 73,35 | 79,40 | 79,07 | 73,75 |
| Belgium | 96,29 | 101,08 | 99,12 | 97,85 | 94,45 |
| Denmark | 88,48 | 91,56 | 90,31 | 87,89 | 79,96 |
| Spain | 49,76 | 51,35 | 49,49 | 48,94 | 51,12 |
| Finland | 69,27 | 69,68 | 70,56 | 67,89 | 64,65 |
| France | 68,79 | 69,32 | 66,40 | 61,57 | 60,40 |
| Greece | 40,22 | 40,22 | 40,14 | 36,74 | : |
| Holland | 85,07 | 88,17 | 85,22 | 81,19 | 76,97 |
| England / Wales | 105,53 | 112,22 | 112,41 | 106,84 | 92,52 |
| Ireland | 22,60 | 27,29 | 26,08 | 24,57 | 24,74 |
| Italy | 37,98 | 39,15 | 42,86 | 41,77 | 44,12 |
| Luxembourg | 51,59 | 58,65 | 58,36 | 59,58 | 55,65 |
| Portugal | 36,29 | 37,91 | 40,10 | 39,75 | : |
| Sweden | 133,90 | 138,60 | 140,41 | 139,13 | 137,81 |
(:) No data available
(1)We must deal with these data with due caution, because it is risky to make general comparisons between penal legislation and systems for measuring and counting different statistics.
Date June 29, 2009
Source: Basque Government. Department of the Interior