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Death rate from opioid use who by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
24.73
United States
Lowest
0
Niue
Median
0.25
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Death rate from opioid use who is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 24.73 in United States; the lowest is 0 in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.25, and the mean is 0.8151.

Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in South Korea (up 800.0%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 100.0%).

Death rate from opioid use who: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 24.73 2021 up 185.9% volatile
2 Canada 14.68 2021 up 339.5% volatile
3 United Kingdom 6.13 2021 up 143.3% rising
4 Iceland 5.66 2021 up 108.1% volatile
5 Norway 4.35 2021 down 6.7% falling
6 Finland 4 2021 down 5.4% rising
7 Estonia 3.51 2021 down 60.8% volatile
8 Ireland 3.31 2021 up 28.3% rising
9 Kiribati 3.04 2021 down 8.4% rising
10 Denmark 2.82 2021 down 16.1% rising
11 Russia 2.81 2021 down 38.6% falling
12 Sweden 2.72 2021 up 13.8% rising
13 Lithuania 2.64 2021 up 66.0% rising
14 Greece 2.56 2021 up 26.1% falling
15 Slovenia 2.26 2021 up 145.7% volatile
16 Switzerland 2.12 2021 up 15.2% falling
17 France 2.06 2021 down 15.9% rising
18 Libya 1.88 2021 up 28.8% rising
19 Australia 1.87 2021 up 4.5% rising
19 Iran 1.87 2021 down 11.4% falling
21 Belarus 1.83 2021 down 42.8% falling
22 Austria 1.78 2021 down 33.1% falling
22 Mauritius 1.78 2021 up 295.6% volatile
24 Luxembourg 1.77 2021 up 160.3% falling
25 Latvia 1.59 2021 up 205.8% flat
26 Spain 1.53 2021 up 53.0% flat
27 Croatia 1.52 2021 down 0.7% rising
28 Netherlands 1.47 2021 up 145.0% rising
29 Ukraine 1.45 2021 down 26.0% falling
30 Germany 1.4 2021 up 22.8% flat
31 South Africa 1.32 2021 up 7.3% rising
32 Kazakhstan 1.28 2021 down 33.3% falling
33 Cyprus 1.22 2021 up 18.4% falling
34 Belgium 1.06 2021 down 6.2% falling
35 Djibouti 1.05 2021 up 72.1% rising
36 Afghanistan 0.95 2021 up 18.8% rising
37 Serbia 0.93 2021 up 151.4% rising
38 Algeria 0.89 2021 up 11.2% falling
39 Morocco 0.88 2021 down 3.3% rising
40 Vietnam 0.86 2021 up 13.2% rising
41 Eritrea 0.83 2021 up 5.1% rising
41 Malta 0.83 2021 up 336.8% falling
41 Rwanda 0.83 2021 up 59.6% rising
44 Comoros 0.81 2021 up 14.1% rising
45 Yemen 0.8 2021 up 9.6% rising
46 North Macedonia 0.79 2021 up 132.4% rising
47 Turkmenistan 0.76 2021 up 31.0% rising
48 Czechia 0.75 2021 up 41.5% rising
49 Italy 0.71 2021 up 51.1% falling
49 Sudan 0.71 2021 up 2.9% rising
51 Zambia 0.69 2021 up 50.0% rising
52 Tanzania 0.67 2021 up 34.0% rising
53 Kuwait 0.66 2021 up 175.0% volatile
54 Tunisia 0.64 2021 down 23.8% rising
55 Lesotho 0.63 2021 up 21.2% rising
56 Burundi 0.61 2021 up 56.4% rising
57 Malawi 0.6 2021 up 53.8% rising
58 Israel 0.59 2021 up 195.0% volatile
58 New Zealand 0.59 2021 down 11.9% flat
58 Syria 0.59 2021 up 5.4% rising
61 Mongolia 0.58 2021 down 20.5% rising
61 Eswatini 0.58 2021 up 38.1% rising
63 Georgia 0.51 2021 up 466.7% volatile
63 Somalia 0.51 2021 up 27.5% falling
65 Kyrgyzstan 0.5 2021 down 61.8% falling
66 Poland 0.49 2021 up 276.9% rising
67 Singapore 0.47 2021 up 30.6% volatile
68 Moldova 0.46 2021 up 360.0% volatile
69 Madagascar 0.45 2021 up 9.8% rising
70 Albania 0.44 2021 down 58.1% falling
70 India 0.44 2021 up 18.9% rising
70 Iraq 0.44 2021 up 2.3% rising
70 Portugal 0.44 2021 up 300.0% rising
74 Uruguay 0.43 2021 up 79.2% rising
75 Chile 0.42 2021 up 147.1% rising
75 Sri Lanka 0.42 2021 down 2.3% falling
75 Uganda 0.42 2021 up 13.5% rising
78 Zimbabwe 0.4 2021 up 42.9% rising
79 China 0.39 2021 down 4.9% falling
80 South Sudan 0.37 2021 up 8.8% rising
80 Seychelles 0.37 2021 down 22.9% falling
82 United Arab Emirates 0.36 2021 down 14.3% rising
82 Pakistan 0.36 2021 up 2.9% flat
82 North Korea 0.36 2021 down 7.7% flat
85 Mozambique 0.35 2021 up 59.1% rising
86 Bhutan 0.33 2021 up 13.8% rising
86 Botswana 0.33 2021 down 26.7% rising
88 Gabon 0.3 2021 unchanged rising
88 Namibia 0.3 2021 up 20.0% rising
90 Bangladesh 0.29 2021 up 20.8% rising
91 Equatorial Guinea 0.28 2021 up 7.7% rising
92 Angola 0.27 2021 up 42.1% rising
92 Hungary 0.27 2021 up 92.9% rising
94 Congo 0.26 2021 unchanged falling
94 Nepal 0.26 2021 up 23.8% rising
96 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.25 2021 up 38.9% rising
96 Turkey 0.25 2021 up 4.2% rising
96 Uzbekistan 0.25 2021 down 49.0% falling
99 Bulgaria 0.24 2021 down 40.0% falling
99 Guatemala 0.24 2021 up 14.3% rising
99 Slovakia 0.24 2021 up 71.4% falling
102 Bahrain 0.23 2021 down 8.0% rising
102 Lebanon 0.23 2021 down 14.8% rising
104 Armenia 0.19 2021 up 280.0% volatile
104 Honduras 0.19 2021 up 18.8% rising
104 Oman 0.19 2021 down 38.7% rising
104 Thailand 0.19 2021 up 111.1% rising
108 Azerbaijan 0.18 2021 down 33.3% rising
108 Central African Republic 0.18 2021 down 10.0% falling
110 Maldives 0.17 2021 down 5.6% rising
110 Qatar 0.17 2021 down 22.7% rising
110 Romania 0.17 2021 down 5.6% flat
113 Ethiopia 0.16 2021 up 45.5% rising
113 Japan 0.16 2021 down 33.3% flat
115 Kenya 0.15 2021 down 28.6% rising
116 Brunei 0.13 2021 — volatile
116 Costa Rica 0.13 2021 up 62.5% rising
116 Malaysia 0.13 2021 up 30.0% rising
119 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.12 2021 down 7.7% rising
119 Cambodia 0.12 2021 up 20.0% rising
119 Sao Tome and Principe 0.12 2021 up 20.0% rising
119 Cook Islands 0.12 2021 up 100.0% rising
123 Dominica 0.11 2021 up 57.1% falling
123 Micronesia (country) 0.11 2021 unchanged falling
123 Monaco 0.11 2021 up 83.3% rising
123 Mexico 0.11 2021 up 120.0% rising
123 Montenegro 0.11 2021 down 8.3% flat
123 Philippines 0.11 2021 up 175.0% volatile
123 Tajikistan 0.11 2021 unchanged rising
130 Bolivia 0.1 2021 down 9.1% flat
130 Indonesia 0.1 2021 unchanged rising
130 Marshall Islands 0.1 2021 down 9.1% falling
130 Solomon Islands 0.1 2021 up 11.1% flat
134 Haiti 0.09 2021 up 12.5% rising
134 South Korea 0.09 2021 up 800.0% volatile
134 Laos 0.09 2021 up 12.5% rising
134 El Salvador 0.09 2021 unchanged falling
134 Trinidad and Tobago 0.09 2021 up 50.0% falling
134 Tuvalu 0.09 2021 unchanged falling
134 Samoa 0.09 2021 unchanged falling
141 Bahamas 0.08 2021 down 27.3% falling
141 Myanmar 0.08 2021 unchanged flat
141 Nauru 0.08 2021 down 20.0% falling
141 Tonga 0.08 2021 down 11.1% falling
141 Vanuatu 0.08 2021 down 11.1% falling
146 Cape Verde 0.07 2021 unchanged rising
146 Ecuador 0.07 2021 up 250.0% volatile
146 Saudi Arabia 0.07 2021 down 22.2% falling
146 East Timor 0.07 2021 down 12.5% rising
150 Andorra 0.06 2021 down 33.3% falling
150 Colombia 0.06 2021 up 500.0% volatile
150 Grenada 0.06 2021 down 64.7% volatile
150 Papua New Guinea 0.06 2021 unchanged falling
150 San Marino 0.06 2021 down 50.0% rising
150 Suriname 0.06 2021 down 14.3% falling
156 Egypt 0.05 2021 down 28.6% rising
156 Fiji 0.05 2021 up 25.0% volatile
158 Argentina 0.04 2021 down 20.0% rising
158 Brazil 0.04 2021 up 100.0% volatile
158 Jordan 0.04 2021 down 33.3% falling
158 Panama 0.04 2021 down 50.0% volatile
162 Benin 0.03 2021 up 50.0% rising
162 Barbados 0.03 2021 down 40.0% falling
162 Cote d'Ivoire 0.03 2021 up 50.0% rising
162 Cameroon 0.03 2021 up 50.0% rising
162 Jamaica 0.03 2021 unchanged falling
162 Nigeria 0.03 2021 up 50.0% rising
162 Senegal 0.03 2021 up 50.0% rising
162 Sierra Leone 0.03 2021 up 50.0% rising
162 Togo 0.03 2021 unchanged rising
162 Venezuela 0.03 2021 unchanged rising
172 Burkina Faso 0.02 2021 unchanged rising
172 Belize 0.02 2021 unchanged falling
172 Guinea 0.02 2021 unchanged rising
172 Gambia 0.02 2021 unchanged rising
172 Guinea-Bissau 0.02 2021 unchanged flat
172 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.02 2021 unchanged volatile
172 Liberia 0.02 2021 unchanged rising
172 Saint Lucia 0.02 2021 down 33.3% falling
172 Mali 0.02 2021 unchanged rising
172 Mauritania 0.02 2021 unchanged rising
172 Niger 0.02 2021 unchanged rising
172 Paraguay 0.02 2021 — volatile
172 Chad 0.02 2021 unchanged rising
185 Cuba 0.01 2021 down 66.7% volatile
185 Dominican Republic 0.01 2021 unchanged flat
185 Ghana 0.01 2021 unchanged flat
185 Nicaragua 0.01 2021 down 50.0% volatile
185 Peru 0.01 2021 — volatile
190 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2021 — volatile
190 Guyana 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
190 Palau 0 2021 — flat
190 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2021 — volatile
190 Niue 0 2021 — flat

About this data

Indicator
Death rate from opioid use who
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed