What is the difference in drug use disorder death rate between Somalia and Sri Lanka?

0.03 deaths per 100,000 people, with Sri Lanka ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sri Lanka?

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.

Somalia vs Sri Lanka: Drug use disorder death rate

Somalia

0.54 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2021

Sri Lanka

0.57 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2021

Somalia rank

82nd

Sri Lanka rank

80th

Drug use disorder death rate over time

Somalia
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 0.57 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.54 deaths per 100,000 people in Somalia, a difference of 0.03 deaths per 100,000 people.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Somalia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Somalia ranks 82nd and Sri Lanka ranks 80th of 194 countries.

Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Somalia	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
2000s	0.517 deaths per 100,000 people	0.783 deaths per 100,000 people	0.266 deaths per 100,000 people	Sri Lanka
2010s	0.489 deaths per 100,000 people	0.553 deaths per 100,000 people	0.064 deaths per 100,000 people	Sri Lanka
2020s	0.515 deaths per 100,000 people	0.525 deaths per 100,000 people	0.01 deaths per 100,000 people	Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher drug use disorder death rate, Somalia or Sri Lanka?: Sri Lanka, at 0.57 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.54 deaths per 100,000 people in Somalia as of 2021.
What is the difference in drug use disorder death rate between Somalia and Sri Lanka?: 0.03 deaths per 100,000 people, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sri Lanka?: 22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Somalia and Sri Lanka rank globally for drug use disorder death rate?: Somalia ranks 82nd and Sri Lanka ranks 80th 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.