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Death rates from drug use disorders who by country

Countries reporting
193
Highest
31.75
United States
Lowest
0
Niue
Median
0.39
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Death rates from drug use disorders who is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 31.75 in United States; the lowest is 0 in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.39, and the mean is 1.15.

Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 850.0%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 100.0%).

Death rates from drug use disorders who: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 31.75 2021 up 177.8% volatile
2 Canada 19.22 2021 up 329.0% volatile
3 United Kingdom 8.37 2021 up 148.4% rising
4 Iceland 8.29 2021 up 117.6% volatile
5 Finland 5.64 2021 up 0.9% rising
6 Norway 5.62 2021 down 8.6% falling
7 Australia 4.93 2021 up 12.0% rising
8 Ireland 4.86 2021 up 34.6% rising
9 Kiribati 4.72 2021 down 1.7% rising
10 Estonia 4.53 2021 down 56.6% rising
11 Denmark 4.08 2021 down 13.0% rising
12 Sweden 3.82 2021 up 10.7% rising
13 Russia 3.77 2021 down 35.4% falling
14 Lithuania 3.4 2021 up 74.4% rising
15 Iran 3.06 2021 down 12.6% falling
16 Greece 2.91 2021 up 29.9% falling
17 Libya 2.89 2021 up 10.7% rising
18 Switzerland 2.85 2021 up 19.2% falling
19 Slovenia 2.81 2021 up 134.2% volatile
20 Luxembourg 2.57 2021 up 167.7% falling
21 Mauritius 2.45 2021 up 288.9% volatile
22 France 2.43 2021 down 12.9% rising
23 Belarus 2.13 2021 down 43.4% falling
24 Austria 2.11 2021 down 29.7% falling
25 Spain 2.08 2021 up 60.0% flat
26 South Africa 2.03 2021 up 9.7% rising
27 Latvia 2 2021 up 212.5% flat
28 Netherlands 1.95 2021 up 150.0% rising
29 Germany 1.86 2021 up 25.7% rising
30 Kazakhstan 1.85 2021 down 31.2% falling
31 Ukraine 1.73 2021 down 24.5% falling
32 Croatia 1.71 2021 down 1.7% rising
33 Cyprus 1.64 2021 up 23.3% falling
34 New Zealand 1.55 2021 down 9.9% rising
35 Belgium 1.45 2021 down 0.7% falling
36 Malta 1.39 2021 up 414.8% falling
37 Turkmenistan 1.38 2021 up 60.5% rising
38 Afghanistan 1.37 2021 up 17.1% rising
39 Algeria 1.3 2021 up 10.2% falling
40 Morocco 1.27 2021 down 3.1% rising
41 Serbia 1.22 2021 up 159.6% rising
42 Guatemala 1.19 2021 up 17.8% rising
43 Vietnam 1.18 2021 up 18.0% rising
44 Djibouti 1.13 2021 up 68.7% rising
45 Israel 1.12 2021 up 202.7% volatile
46 Yemen 1.11 2021 up 7.8% rising
47 Kuwait 1.1 2021 up 19.6% rising
48 North Macedonia 1.05 2021 up 138.6% rising
49 Sudan 1.04 2021 up 6.1% rising
50 Tunisia 0.97 2021 down 23.0% rising
51 Iraq 0.95 2021 unchanged flat
52 Italy 0.91 2021 up 46.8% falling
53 Eritrea 0.9 2021 up 5.9% rising
54 Czechia 0.89 2021 up 43.5% rising
55 Comoros 0.87 2021 up 16.0% rising
55 Rwanda 0.87 2021 up 58.2% rising
57 China 0.79 2021 up 1.3% falling
58 Lesotho 0.78 2021 up 21.9% rising
59 Kyrgyzstan 0.77 2021 down 60.3% falling
60 Zambia 0.76 2021 up 52.0% rising
61 Mongolia 0.74 2021 down 19.6% rising
62 Tanzania 0.73 2021 up 37.7% rising
63 Eswatini 0.72 2021 up 35.8% rising
64 Georgia 0.71 2021 up 446.2% volatile
64 Syria 0.71 2021 up 4.4% rising
66 Honduras 0.7 2021 up 22.8% rising
67 Costa Rica 0.66 2021 up 73.7% rising
68 Poland 0.65 2021 up 225.0% rising
69 Malawi 0.64 2021 up 52.4% rising
69 Portugal 0.64 2021 up 300.0% rising
71 Burundi 0.63 2021 up 50.0% rising
71 Brazil 0.63 2021 up 61.5% volatile
73 Moldova 0.62 2021 up 376.9% volatile
73 Singapore 0.62 2021 up 37.8% volatile
73 Uruguay 0.62 2021 up 87.9% rising
76 India 0.6 2021 up 25.0% rising
77 Albania 0.59 2021 down 56.9% falling
78 Chile 0.58 2021 up 152.2% rising
78 Seychelles 0.58 2021 down 21.6% flat
80 Sri Lanka 0.57 2021 up 1.8% falling
81 North Korea 0.55 2021 down 9.8% flat
82 Dominica 0.54 2021 up 12.5% falling
82 Somalia 0.54 2021 up 28.6% flat
82 Zimbabwe 0.54 2021 up 50.0% rising
85 United Arab Emirates 0.51 2021 down 17.7% rising
86 Grenada 0.49 2021 down 58.1% volatile
86 Mexico 0.49 2021 up 113.0% rising
88 Madagascar 0.48 2021 up 11.6% rising
88 Pakistan 0.48 2021 up 6.7% rising
88 Suriname 0.48 2021 down 2.0% falling
88 Trinidad and Tobago 0.48 2021 up 41.2% falling
92 Uganda 0.45 2021 up 12.5% rising
93 El Salvador 0.43 2021 down 2.3% falling
94 Bhutan 0.4 2021 up 14.3% rising
94 Botswana 0.4 2021 down 27.3% rising
94 Mozambique 0.4 2021 up 53.8% rising
97 South Sudan 0.39 2021 up 8.3% rising
98 Bolivia 0.38 2021 down 19.1% flat
99 Ecuador 0.37 2021 up 428.6% volatile
99 Haiti 0.37 2021 up 12.1% rising
101 Bangladesh 0.36 2021 up 24.1% rising
101 Namibia 0.36 2021 up 24.1% rising
103 Armenia 0.35 2021 up 400.0% volatile
103 Uzbekistan 0.35 2021 down 45.3% flat
105 Gabon 0.34 2021 unchanged rising
105 Hungary 0.34 2021 up 88.9% rising
105 Turkey 0.34 2021 up 3.0% rising
108 Colombia 0.33 2021 up 450.0% volatile
108 Equatorial Guinea 0.33 2021 up 13.8% rising
108 Lebanon 0.33 2021 down 5.7% rising
108 Nepal 0.33 2021 up 26.9% rising
112 Bahrain 0.32 2021 down 5.9% rising
112 Bahamas 0.32 2021 down 25.6% falling
112 Slovakia 0.32 2021 up 77.8% falling
115 Bulgaria 0.31 2021 down 38.0% falling
116 Angola 0.29 2021 up 45.0% rising
116 Congo 0.29 2021 unchanged falling
116 Thailand 0.29 2021 up 123.1% rising
119 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.27 2021 up 42.1% rising
119 Oman 0.27 2021 down 43.8% flat
121 Qatar 0.26 2021 down 27.8% falling
122 Maldives 0.25 2021 up 4.2% rising
123 Japan 0.22 2021 down 33.3% flat
124 Azerbaijan 0.21 2021 down 30.0% rising
124 Romania 0.21 2021 unchanged flat
126 Central African Republic 0.19 2021 down 9.5% falling
126 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.19 2021 down 9.5% falling
126 Monaco 0.19 2021 up 26.7% rising
126 Malaysia 0.19 2021 up 46.2% rising
126 Paraguay 0.19 2021 up 850.0% volatile
126 Tajikistan 0.19 2021 up 5.6% rising
132 Brunei 0.18 2021 — volatile
132 Ethiopia 0.18 2021 up 50.0% rising
132 Tuvalu 0.18 2021 down 5.3% falling
132 Cook Islands 0.18 2021 up 63.6% rising
136 Kenya 0.17 2021 down 29.2% rising
136 Saint Lucia 0.17 2021 down 34.6% falling
136 Montenegro 0.17 2021 down 5.6% rising
139 Nauru 0.16 2021 down 15.8% falling
139 Panama 0.16 2021 down 42.9% volatile
139 Philippines 0.16 2021 up 220.0% volatile
142 Micronesia (country) 0.15 2021 unchanged falling
142 Jamaica 0.15 2021 up 15.4% falling
142 Cambodia 0.15 2021 up 25.0% rising
145 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.14 2021 down 6.7% rising
145 Indonesia 0.14 2021 unchanged rising
145 Marshall Islands 0.14 2021 down 6.7% falling
148 Barbados 0.13 2021 down 31.6% falling
148 South Korea 0.13 2021 up 550.0% rising
148 Sao Tome and Principe 0.13 2021 up 18.2% rising
151 Solomon Islands 0.12 2021 up 9.1% flat
151 Tonga 0.12 2021 up 9.1% falling
151 Samoa 0.12 2021 up 9.1% flat
154 Laos 0.11 2021 up 22.2% rising
154 Myanmar 0.11 2021 up 10.0% flat
154 Venezuela 0.11 2021 down 15.4% falling
157 Belize 0.1 2021 down 33.3% falling
157 Vanuatu 0.1 2021 unchanged falling
159 Andorra 0.09 2021 down 18.2% flat
159 San Marino 0.09 2021 down 40.0% rising
159 East Timor 0.09 2021 unchanged rising
162 Saudi Arabia 0.08 2021 down 20.0% falling
163 Argentina 0.07 2021 down 12.5% rising
163 Cape Verde 0.07 2021 unchanged rising
163 Cuba 0.07 2021 down 41.7% rising
163 Egypt 0.07 2021 down 22.2% rising
163 Fiji 0.07 2021 up 16.7% volatile
163 Papua New Guinea 0.07 2021 unchanged flat
169 Dominican Republic 0.06 2021 down 14.3% rising
169 Jordan 0.06 2021 down 33.3% falling
171 Peru 0.05 2021 up 150.0% volatile
172 Nicaragua 0.04 2021 down 50.0% volatile
173 Benin 0.03 2021 unchanged rising
173 Burkina Faso 0.03 2021 up 50.0% rising
173 Cote d'Ivoire 0.03 2021 unchanged rising
173 Cameroon 0.03 2021 unchanged rising
173 Gambia 0.03 2021 up 50.0% rising
173 Guinea-Bissau 0.03 2021 up 50.0% rising
173 Mauritania 0.03 2021 up 50.0% rising
173 Nigeria 0.03 2021 up 50.0% rising
173 Senegal 0.03 2021 up 50.0% rising
173 Sierra Leone 0.03 2021 up 50.0% rising
173 Togo 0.03 2021 unchanged rising
184 Ghana 0.02 2021 up 100.0% rising
184 Guinea 0.02 2021 unchanged rising
184 Liberia 0.02 2021 unchanged rising
184 Mali 0.02 2021 unchanged rising
184 Niger 0.02 2021 unchanged rising
184 Chad 0.02 2021 unchanged rising
190 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2021 — volatile
190 Guyana 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
190 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2021 — volatile
190 Niue 0 2021 — volatile

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Death rates from drug use disorders 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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