Death rates substance disorders who by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
37.39
United States
Lowest
0.0738
Egypt
Median
1.46
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Death rates substance disorders who is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 37.39 in United States; the lowest is 0.0738 in Egypt.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.46, and the mean is 3.66.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 507.

Over the past decade 123 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Peru (up 276.5%), and the largest decrease in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (down 76.7%).

Death rates substance disorders who: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 37.39 2021 up 160.8% rising
2 Belarus 26.22 2021 down 24.9% falling
3 Slovenia 24.31 2021 up 138.5% volatile
4 Canada 22.99 2021 up 221.1% volatile
5 Estonia 22.21 2021 down 24.2% falling
6 Mongolia 22.04 2021 down 3.6% rising
7 Latvia 20.19 2021 up 35.8% falling
8 Russia 17.6 2021 down 30.3% falling
9 Poland 15.18 2021 up 77.9% rising
10 Saint Kitts and Nevis 15.03 2021 up 42.7% rising
11 Finland 14.19 2021 down 17.7% falling
12 Denmark 13.97 2021 down 22.4% falling
13 El Salvador 13.96 2021 up 7.2% flat
14 Ukraine 12.55 2021 down 21.8% falling
15 Iceland 11.69 2021 up 98.5% volatile
16 United Kingdom 10.97 2021 up 103.4% rising
17 Croatia 10.75 2021 up 33.6% rising
18 Lithuania 10.24 2021 down 29.8% falling
19 Austria 9.84 2021 up 18.7% rising
20 Norway 8.96 2021 down 21.0% falling
21 Myanmar 8.84 2021 up 5.1% rising
22 Germany 8.77 2021 up 6.7% rising
23 Mauritius 8.74 2021 up 62.7% rising
24 Guatemala 8.13 2021 down 20.5% falling
25 Sweden 7.77 2021 up 3.5% rising
26 France 7.65 2021 down 11.9% flat
27 Moldova 7.55 2021 down 32.1% falling
28 Luxembourg 6.79 2021 up 73.1% falling
29 Australia 6.78 2021 up 15.0% rising
30 Hungary 6.7 2021 up 41.1% flat
31 Ireland 6.5 2021 up 28.5% rising
32 Bahamas 6.09 2021 up 38.1% rising
33 Czechia 6.04 2021 up 57.3% rising
34 Belgium 5.72 2021 up 7.2% rising
35 Serbia 5.65 2021 up 36.2% falling
36 Switzerland 5.61 2021 down 0.5% falling
37 Dominica 5.58 2021 up 2.2% rising
38 Kazakhstan 5.5 2021 down 58.1% falling
39 Netherlands 5.31 2021 up 144.8% rising
40 Slovakia 5.19 2021 up 46.0% volatile
41 Kiribati 5.19 2021 down 0.7% rising
42 Cuba 5.18 2021 up 71.6% rising
43 Brazil 5.01 2021 up 10.0% rising
44 Saint Lucia 4.3 2021 up 11.0% rising
45 Uruguay 4.28 2021 up 35.5% rising
46 Paraguay 4.09 2021 up 107.5% volatile
47 Kyrgyzstan 3.8 2021 down 55.9% falling
48 Haiti 3.68 2021 up 17.0% rising
49 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.64 2021 down 7.1% falling
50 Greece 3.63 2021 up 42.8% falling
51 Honduras 3.58 2021 up 23.9% rising
52 Costa Rica 3.48 2021 up 200.2% volatile
53 South Africa 3.31 2021 up 8.8% rising
54 Eritrea 3.27 2021 up 6.1% flat
55 Thailand 3.19 2021 up 103.7% rising
56 Iran 3.18 2021 down 10.5% falling
57 Turkmenistan 3.04 2021 down 9.9% falling
58 Bolivia 3.02 2021 up 6.5% falling
59 Djibouti 3 2021 up 42.1% rising
60 Grenada 2.96 2021 up 147.3% rising
61 Libya 2.9 2021 up 6.3% rising
62 Lesotho 2.76 2021 up 23.7% rising
63 Spain 2.76 2021 up 32.1% falling
64 New Zealand 2.68 2021 down 6.4% rising
65 Rwanda 2.62 2021 up 20.7% rising
66 Trinidad and Tobago 2.6 2021 up 30.5% rising
67 Mexico 2.46 2021 down 14.3% falling
68 South Korea 2.41 2021 up 37.8% falling
69 Romania 2.4 2021 down 6.8% falling
70 Chile 2.39 2021 down 1.4% falling
71 Cook Islands 2.37 2021 up 15.0% rising
72 Belize 2.29 2021 up 14.0% rising
73 Cyprus 2.23 2021 up 32.9% flat
74 Comoros 2.16 2021 up 9.3% rising
75 Suriname 2.15 2021 down 11.8% rising
76 Eswatini 2.14 2021 up 51.5% rising
77 Mozambique 2.12 2021 up 29.6% rising
78 Vietnam 2.1 2021 up 14.8% rising
79 Malta 2.1 2021 up 205.1% falling
80 China 2.08 2021 down 4.5% falling
81 India 2.07 2021 up 5.8% rising
82 Portugal 1.82 2021 up 20.2% flat
83 Somalia 1.79 2021 up 10.4% falling
84 Malawi 1.77 2021 up 31.9% rising
85 Barbados 1.73 2021 down 5.2% falling
86 Burundi 1.73 2021 up 23.4% flat
87 Tanzania 1.72 2021 up 31.7% rising
88 Zambia 1.71 2021 up 45.3% rising
89 Tajikistan 1.68 2021 down 12.1% falling
90 Georgia 1.67 2021 up 186.2% rising
91 South Sudan 1.6 2021 up 45.1% rising
92 Israel 1.6 2021 up 108.5% falling
93 Nicaragua 1.57 2021 down 71.4% falling
94 North Korea 1.56 2021 down 5.4% rising
95 Afghanistan 1.54 2021 up 16.3% rising
96 Italy 1.5 2021 up 33.3% falling
97 Tuvalu 1.47 2021 up 5.8% falling
98 Azerbaijan 1.46 2021 down 36.4% falling
99 Madagascar 1.41 2021 up 6.1% flat
100 Sri Lanka 1.4 2021 down 9.6% volatile
101 Togo 1.4 2021 up 9.7% rising
102 Marshall Islands 1.38 2021 up 6.7% flat
103 Algeria 1.38 2021 up 9.6% falling
104 Morocco 1.37 2021 down 3.8% rising
105 Nauru 1.36 2021 down 8.0% falling
106 Angola 1.36 2021 up 32.5% falling
107 Burkina Faso 1.36 2021 up 5.6% flat
108 Bulgaria 1.36 2021 up 20.0% falling
109 Uganda 1.35 2021 up 13.9% falling
110 Montenegro 1.33 2021 down 11.8% flat
111 Gabon 1.32 2021 down 5.0% rising
112 Micronesia (country) 1.28 2021 up 3.7% flat
113 Central African Republic 1.25 2021 down 16.5% falling
114 Botswana 1.24 2021 down 21.9% rising
115 Cape Verde 1.23 2021 up 28.1% rising
116 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.22 2021 up 17.7% rising
117 Congo 1.21 2021 down 8.0% falling
118 Antigua and Barbuda 1.19 2021 down 46.2% volatile
119 North Macedonia 1.19 2021 up 27.7% falling
120 Ecuador 1.18 2021 down 56.2% falling
121 Philippines 1.17 2021 up 198.6% falling
122 Kuwait 1.14 2021 up 20.2% flat
123 Cameroon 1.13 2021 up 14.7% rising
124 Solomon Islands 1.12 2021 down 5.7% rising
125 Equatorial Guinea 1.11 2021 up 13.1% flat
126 Namibia 1.1 2021 up 6.2% flat
127 Niue 1.09 2021 down 3.3% falling
128 Sierra Leone 1.09 2021 up 10.9% rising
129 Yemen 1.09 2021 up 2.8% rising
130 Guinea-Bissau 1.07 2021 up 17.7% flat
131 Tunisia 1.07 2021 down 23.0% rising
132 Sudan 1.06 2021 up 3.8% rising
133 Benin 1.05 2021 up 3.4% rising
134 Cote d'Ivoire 1.03 2021 down 3.2% rising
135 Ghana 1.02 2021 up 9.2% rising
136 Palau 1.01 2021 down 3.7% rising
137 Ethiopia 1.01 2021 up 22.0% falling
138 Cambodia 0.9904 2021 up 16.5% rising
139 Dominican Republic 0.978 2021 up 8.8% rising
140 Iraq 0.9649 2021 up 1.1% flat
141 Samoa 0.9355 2021 up 9.1% rising
142 Uzbekistan 0.9166 2021 down 54.0% volatile
143 Vanuatu 0.8958 2021 up 0.5% falling
144 Kenya 0.8924 2021 down 10.9% rising
145 Albania 0.8805 2021 down 55.3% falling
146 Tonga 0.8625 2021 up 3.1% flat
147 Seychelles 0.8374 2021 down 33.4% falling
148 Gambia 0.8335 2021 up 2.8% flat
149 Zimbabwe 0.8303 2021 up 50.5% rising
150 Pakistan 0.8279 2021 down 1.7% falling
151 Syria 0.8272 2021 up 4.2% rising
152 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.8167 2021 down 76.7% volatile
153 Nigeria 0.814 2021 up 14.3% falling
154 Liberia 0.7948 2021 up 1.9% rising
155 Bhutan 0.7931 2021 up 9.9% rising
156 Niger 0.783 2021 up 6.1% rising
157 Sao Tome and Principe 0.7523 2021 up 19.4% rising
158 Chad 0.7463 2021 down 2.4% rising
159 Singapore 0.7367 2021 up 59.1% volatile
160 Guinea 0.7293 2021 up 1.1% rising
161 Japan 0.7284 2021 up 1.3% rising
162 Malaysia 0.7207 2021 up 34.9% rising
163 Argentina 0.7123 2021 down 54.4% falling
164 Mali 0.692 2021 up 4.3% rising
165 Nepal 0.6753 2021 up 22.2% rising
166 Senegal 0.6751 2021 up 3.5% rising
167 Laos 0.6735 2021 up 10.8% flat
168 Papua New Guinea 0.6349 2021 up 3.4% rising
169 United Arab Emirates 0.6291 2021 down 19.3% rising
170 Venezuela 0.6235 2021 up 32.9% falling
171 Guyana 0.6009 2021 down 18.6% falling
172 Jamaica 0.5709 2021 up 37.4% rising
173 Monaco 0.5707 2021 down 3.1% flat
174 Peru 0.5641 2021 up 276.5% volatile
175 Colombia 0.5199 2021 up 107.1% volatile
176 Turkey 0.512 2021 down 2.1% rising
177 Panama 0.4635 2021 down 57.5% falling
178 Mauritania 0.461 2021 up 1.8% flat
179 East Timor 0.4392 2021 down 11.7% flat
180 Bahrain 0.4355 2021 down 7.0% falling
181 Oman 0.3975 2021 down 46.4% flat
182 Andorra 0.3955 2021 down 14.5% falling
183 Bangladesh 0.3788 2021 up 28.6% rising
184 Armenia 0.3756 2021 up 168.4% volatile
185 Lebanon 0.3739 2021 down 11.1% rising
186 Brunei 0.3498 2021 volatile
187 San Marino 0.3468 2021 down 44.2% rising
188 Qatar 0.3318 2021 down 33.2% falling
189 Maldives 0.3177 2021 down 1.9% rising
190 Indonesia 0.1979 2021 down 14.1% rising
191 Fiji 0.1582 2021 up 7.8% falling
192 Saudi Arabia 0.0887 2021 down 19.8% falling
193 Jordan 0.0835 2021 down 25.0% falling
194 Egypt 0.0738 2021 down 21.2% rising

About this data

Indicator
Death rates substance 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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