What is the difference in drug use disorder death rate between Iraq and Italy?

0.04 deaths per 100,000 people, with Iraq ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Italy?

22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.

Where does this data come from?

World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Drug use disorder death rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Iraq vs Italy: Drug use disorder death rate

Iraq

0.95 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2021

Italy

0.91 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2021

Iraq rank

51st

Italy rank

52nd

Drug use disorder death rate over time

Iraq
Italy

How they compare

Iraq currently reports 0.95 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.91 deaths per 100,000 people in Italy, a difference of 0.04 deaths per 100,000 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Italy ahead.

Iraq ranks 51st and Italy ranks 52nd of 194 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Iraq averaged higher in 2 and Italy in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iraq	Italy	Difference	Ahead
2000s	0.919 deaths per 100,000 people	1.01 deaths per 100,000 people	0.088 deaths per 100,000 people	Italy
2010s	0.945 deaths per 100,000 people	0.718 deaths per 100,000 people	0.227 deaths per 100,000 people	Iraq
2020s	0.92 deaths per 100,000 people	0.875 deaths per 100,000 people	0.045 deaths per 100,000 people	Iraq

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher drug use disorder death rate, Iraq or Italy?: Iraq, at 0.95 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.91 deaths per 100,000 people in Italy as of 2021.
What is the difference in drug use disorder death rate between Iraq and Italy?: 0.04 deaths per 100,000 people, with Iraq ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Italy?: 22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Iraq and Italy rank globally for drug use disorder death rate?: Iraq ranks 51st and Italy ranks 52nd of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Drug use disorder death rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Drug use disorder death rate
Unit: deaths per 100,000 people
Source: World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths from drug use disorders in both sexes, per 100,000 people.