Amphetamine use disorder death rate by country

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

Countries reporting
191
Highest
2.09 deaths per 100,000 people
United States
Lowest
0 deaths per 100,000 people
Niue
Median
0.02 deaths per 100,000 people
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Amphetamine use disorder death rate is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 2.09 deaths per 100,000 people in United States; the lowest is 0 deaths per 100,000 people in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people, and the mean is 0.0647 deaths per 100,000 people.

Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 400.0%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 100.0%).

Amphetamine use disorder death rate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 2.09 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 190.3% volatile
2 Canada 1.28 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 357.1% volatile
3 Iceland 0.55 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 120.0% volatile
4 United Kingdom 0.46 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 155.6% rising
5 Finland 0.42 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 27.3% rising
6 Estonia 0.4 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 36.5% rising
7 Kiribati 0.35 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 45.8% rising
9 Norway 0.29 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 14.7% rising
10 Denmark 0.28 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged rising
10 Sweden 0.28 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 3.4% rising
12 Australia 0.26 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 18.2% rising
13 Russia 0.23 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 34.3% falling
14 China 0.18 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 20.0% falling
14 Mauritius 0.18 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 350.0% volatile
17 Switzerland 0.15 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 36.4% rising
17 Kazakhstan 0.15 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 11.8% rising
17 Slovenia 0.15 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 66.7% rising
20 Iran 0.13 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged flat
20 Vietnam 0.13 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 62.5% rising
22 Spain 0.12 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 100.0% rising
22 Lithuania 0.12 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged rising
22 Turkmenistan 0.12 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 140.0% volatile
26 Guatemala 0.11 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 37.5% rising
26 Libya 0.11 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 8.3% rising
26 South Africa 0.11 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 22.2% rising
29 France 0.1 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 25.0% rising
29 Kuwait 0.1 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 25.0% rising
29 New Zealand 0.1 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 25.0% rising
29 Seychelles 0.1 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 23.1% rising
33 Cyprus 0.09 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 28.6% falling
33 Germany 0.09 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 28.6% rising
33 North Macedonia 0.09 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 125.0% volatile
33 Netherlands 0.09 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 125.0% rising
37 Belgium 0.08 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 14.3% rising
37 Costa Rica 0.08 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 166.7% volatile
37 Latvia 0.08 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 100.0% flat
40 Austria 0.07 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged rising
40 Israel 0.07 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 250.0% volatile
40 Kyrgyzstan 0.07 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 50.0% falling
40 Serbia 0.07 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 250.0% rising
44 Belarus 0.06 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 33.3% falling
44 Greece 0.06 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 50.0% rising
44 Croatia 0.06 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 14.3% rising
44 Mexico 0.06 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 200.0% volatile
44 Suriname 0.06 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 14.3% rising
44 Ukraine 0.06 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 14.3% rising
44 Cook Islands 0.06 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
51 Chile 0.05 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 400.0% volatile
51 Czechia 0.05 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 150.0% rising
51 Georgia 0.05 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 400.0% volatile
51 Singapore 0.05 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 66.7% volatile
51 Trinidad and Tobago 0.05 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 66.7% rising
56 Algeria 0.04 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 33.3% rising
56 Italy 0.04 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 33.3% rising
56 Sri Lanka 0.04 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 33.3% falling
56 Moldova 0.04 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 300.0% volatile
56 Mongolia 0.04 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged rising
56 Poland 0.04 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 300.0% rising
56 North Korea 0.04 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 20.0% falling
56 El Salvador 0.04 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 33.3% rising
56 Thailand 0.04 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 100.0% volatile
56 Uruguay 0.04 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 300.0% volatile
66 Afghanistan 0.03 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged falling
66 United Arab Emirates 0.03 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 25.0% rising
66 Bulgaria 0.03 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged rising
66 Bahamas 0.03 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 25.0% falling
66 Colombia 0.03 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 200.0% volatile
66 Dominica 0.03 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged rising
66 Ecuador 0.03 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
66 Honduras 0.03 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 50.0% rising
66 Morocco 0.03 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged rising
66 Portugal 0.03 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 200.0% rising
66 Syria 0.03 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged rising
66 Tunisia 0.03 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged rising
78 Albania 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 60.0% falling
78 Armenia 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
78 Bahrain 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged flat
78 Bolivia 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged rising
78 Djibouti 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 100.0% rising
78 Gabon 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 100.0% rising
78 Equatorial Guinea 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 100.0% volatile
78 Grenada 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 50.0% volatile
78 Hungary 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 100.0% rising
78 India 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 100.0% rising
78 Jamaica 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 100.0% falling
78 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged falling
78 Lebanon 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged rising
78 Lesotho 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged rising
78 Maldives 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged volatile
78 Marshall Islands 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
78 Oman 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 33.3% rising
78 Panama 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 100.0% volatile
78 Philippines 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
78 Qatar 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged falling
78 Sudan 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged rising
78 Slovakia 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 100.0% volatile
78 Eswatini 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged rising
78 Turkey 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged rising
78 Uzbekistan 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 50.0% rising
78 Yemen 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged rising
78 Zambia 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 100.0% rising
78 Zimbabwe 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 100.0% rising
106 Angola 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
106 Azerbaijan 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged volatile
106 Bangladesh 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
106 Belize 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged flat
106 Brazil 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged volatile
106 Barbados 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged falling
106 Brunei 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
106 Bhutan 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
106 Botswana 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 50.0% rising
106 Congo 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged flat
106 Comoros 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged flat
106 Cuba 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged volatile
106 Dominican Republic 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged rising
106 Eritrea 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged flat
106 Fiji 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
106 Micronesia (country) 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged flat
106 Haiti 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged flat
106 Indonesia 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged flat
106 Iraq 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged volatile
106 Japan 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 50.0% flat
106 Cambodia 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
106 South Korea 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
106 Laos 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
106 Saint Lucia 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 50.0% rising
106 Madagascar 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
106 Myanmar 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
106 Montenegro 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged rising
106 Mozambique 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
106 Malawi 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
106 Malaysia 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged rising
106 Namibia 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged flat
106 Nepal 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
106 Pakistan 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged flat
106 Paraguay 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
106 Romania 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged volatile
106 Rwanda 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged volatile
106 Sao Tome and Principe 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged volatile
106 Tajikistan 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
106 Tonga 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged flat
106 Tanzania 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
106 Uganda 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
106 Venezuela 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged flat
106 Samoa 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged falling
149 Andorra 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
149 Argentina 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
149 Antigua and Barbuda 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
149 Burundi 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Benin 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Burkina Faso 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Central African Republic 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Cote d'Ivoire 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Cameroon 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Cape Verde 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Egypt 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Ethiopia 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Ghana 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Guinea 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Gambia 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Guinea-Bissau 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Guyana 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 100.0% volatile
149 Jordan 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
149 Kenya 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 100.0% volatile
149 Liberia 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Monaco 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Mali 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Mauritania 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Niger 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Nigeria 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Nicaragua 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
149 Nauru 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Peru 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Palau 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Papua New Guinea 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Saudi Arabia 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Senegal 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Solomon Islands 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Sierra Leone 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 San Marino 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Somalia 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 South Sudan 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Chad 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Togo 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 East Timor 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Tuvalu 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
149 Vanuatu 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat
149 Niue 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 flat

About this data

Indicator
Amphetamine 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

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