Death rates alcohol drug overdoses by age who by country

Countries reporting
54
Highest
0.1722
United States
Lowest
0
South Korea
Median
0
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Death rates alcohol drug overdoses by age who is currently reported for 54 countries. The highest value is 0.1722 in United States; the lowest is 0 in South Korea.

The median across all reporting countries is 0, and the mean is 0.0105.

Over the past decade 3 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in United States (up 149.2%), and the largest decrease in Kazakhstan (down 100.0%).

Death rates alcohol drug overdoses by age who: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 0.1722 2021 up 149.2% rising
2 Canada 0.1104 2021 up 33.2% volatile
3 Poland 0.0519 2021 down 10.7% volatile
4 Costa Rica 0.0421 2021 — volatile
5 Portugal 0.0321 2021 — volatile
6 Ecuador 0.0312 2021 down 16.6% volatile
7 Romania 0.0286 2021 — volatile
8 United Kingdom 0.0256 2021 down 8.1% volatile
9 Philippines 0.0173 2021 up 0.9% rising
10 Germany 0.0145 2021 — volatile
11 Mexico 0.0141 2021 down 61.3% volatile
12 Colombia 0.0121 2021 — volatile
13 Peru 0.0073 2021 — volatile
14 Brazil 0.0071 2021 down 64.4% rising
15 Norway 0 2021 — volatile
15 Netherlands 0 2021 — volatile
15 New Zealand 0 2021 — volatile
15 Nicaragua 0 2021 — volatile
15 North Macedonia 0 2021 — volatile
15 Moldova 0 2021 — volatile
15 Latvia 0 2021 — volatile
15 Paraguay 0 2021 — volatile
15 Panama 0 2021 — volatile
15 Kazakhstan 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
15 Serbia 0 2021 — volatile
15 Slovakia 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
15 Slovenia 0 2021 — volatile
15 Sweden 0 2021 — volatile
15 Turkmenistan 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
15 Uruguay 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
15 Uzbekistan 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
15 Estonia 0 2021 — volatile
15 Australia 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
15 Austria 0 2021 — volatile
15 Belgium 0 2021 — volatile
15 Bulgaria 0 2021 — volatile
15 Belarus 0 2021 — volatile
15 Switzerland 0 2021 — volatile
15 Chile 0 2021 — volatile
15 Cuba 0 2021 — volatile
15 Czechia 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
15 Denmark 0 2021 — volatile
15 Spain 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
15 Lithuania 0 2021 — volatile
15 France 0 2021 — volatile
15 Greece 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
15 Guyana 0 2021 — volatile
15 Hungary 0 2021 — volatile
15 Israel 0 2021 — volatile
15 Italy 0 2021 — volatile
15 Japan 0 2021 — volatile
15 Argentina 0 2021 — volatile
15 Kyrgyzstan 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
15 South Korea 0 2021 — volatile

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Indicator
Death rates alcohol drug overdoses by age who
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
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