Alcohol and drug use disorders death rate by country
Estimated number of deaths from substance use disorders in both sexes, per 100,000 people.
Countries reporting
194
Highest
37.39 deaths per 100,000 people
United States
Lowest
0.0738 deaths per 100,000 people
Egypt
Median
1.46 deaths per 100,000 people
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Alcohol and drug use disorders death rate is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 37.39 deaths per 100,000 people in United States; the lowest is 0.0738 deaths per 100,000 people in Egypt.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.46 deaths per 100,000 people, and the mean is 3.66 deaths per 100,000 people.
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%).
Alcohol and drug use disorders death rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 37.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 160.8% | rising |
| 2 | Belarus | 26.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 3 | Slovenia | 24.31 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 138.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Canada | 22.99 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 221.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Estonia | 22.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 6 | Mongolia | 22.04 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 7 | Latvia | 20.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 35.8% | falling |
| 8 | Russia | 17.6 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 9 | Poland | 15.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 77.9% | rising |
| 10 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 15.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 11 | Finland | 14.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 12 | Denmark | 13.97 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 13 | El Salvador | 13.96 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 14 | Ukraine | 12.55 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 15 | Iceland | 11.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 98.5% | volatile |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 10.97 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 103.4% | rising |
| 17 | Croatia | 10.75 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 18 | Lithuania | 10.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 19 | Austria | 9.84 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 20 | Norway | 8.96 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 21 | Myanmar | 8.84 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 22 | Germany | 8.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 23 | Mauritius | 8.74 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 24 | Guatemala | 8.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 25 | Sweden | 7.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 26 | France | 7.65 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.9% | flat |
| 27 | Moldova | 7.55 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 28 | Luxembourg | 6.79 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 73.1% | falling |
| 29 | Australia | 6.78 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 30 | Hungary | 6.7 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 41.1% | flat |
| 31 | Ireland | 6.5 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 32 | Bahamas | 6.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 33 | Czechia | 6.04 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 57.3% | rising |
| 34 | Belgium | 5.72 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 35 | Serbia | 5.65 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 36.2% | falling |
| 36 | Switzerland | 5.61 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 37 | Dominica | 5.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 38 | Kazakhstan | 5.5 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 39 | Netherlands | 5.31 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 144.8% | rising |
| 40 | Slovakia | 5.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Kiribati | 5.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 42 | Cuba | 5.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 71.6% | rising |
| 43 | Brazil | 5.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 44 | Saint Lucia | 4.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 45 | Uruguay | 4.28 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 46 | Paraguay | 4.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 107.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.8 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 48 | Haiti | 3.68 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 49 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 50 | Greece | 3.63 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 42.8% | falling |
| 51 | Honduras | 3.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 52 | Costa Rica | 3.48 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 200.2% | volatile |
| 53 | South Africa | 3.31 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 54 | Eritrea | 3.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 55 | Thailand | 3.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 103.7% | rising |
| 56 | Iran | 3.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 57 | Turkmenistan | 3.04 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 58 | Bolivia | 3.02 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 59 | Djibouti | 3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 60 | Grenada | 2.96 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 147.3% | rising |
| 61 | Libya | 2.9 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 62 | Lesotho | 2.76 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 63 | Spain | 2.76 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 32.1% | falling |
| 64 | New Zealand | 2.68 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 65 | Rwanda | 2.62 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 66 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.6 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 67 | Mexico | 2.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 68 | South Korea | 2.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 37.8% | falling |
| 69 | Romania | 2.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 70 | Chile | 2.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 71 | Cook Islands | 2.37 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 72 | Belize | 2.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 73 | Cyprus | 2.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 32.9% | flat |
| 74 | Comoros | 2.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 75 | Suriname | 2.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 76 | Eswatini | 2.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 77 | Mozambique | 2.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 78 | Vietnam | 2.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 79 | Malta | 2.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 205.1% | falling |
| 80 | China | 2.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 81 | India | 2.07 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 82 | Portugal | 1.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 20.2% | flat |
| 83 | Somalia | 1.79 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 84 | Malawi | 1.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 85 | Barbados | 1.73 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 86 | Burundi | 1.73 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 23.4% | flat |
| 87 | Tanzania | 1.72 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 88 | Zambia | 1.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 89 | Tajikistan | 1.68 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 90 | Georgia | 1.67 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 186.2% | rising |
| 91 | South Sudan | 1.6 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 92 | Israel | 1.6 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 108.5% | falling |
| 93 | Nicaragua | 1.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 71.4% | falling |
| 94 | North Korea | 1.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 95 | Afghanistan | 1.54 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 96 | Italy | 1.5 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 97 | Tuvalu | 1.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 98 | Azerbaijan | 1.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 99 | Madagascar | 1.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 100 | Sri Lanka | 1.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Togo | 1.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 102 | Marshall Islands | 1.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 103 | Algeria | 1.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 104 | Morocco | 1.37 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 105 | Nauru | 1.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 106 | Angola | 1.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 32.5% | falling |
| 107 | Burkina Faso | 1.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 108 | Bulgaria | 1.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 109 | Uganda | 1.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 13.9% | falling |
| 110 | Montenegro | 1.33 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.8% | flat |
| 111 | Gabon | 1.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 112 | Micronesia (country) | 1.28 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 113 | Central African Republic | 1.25 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 114 | Botswana | 1.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 115 | Cape Verde | 1.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 116 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 117 | Congo | 1.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 118 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 119 | North Macedonia | 1.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 27.7% | falling |
| 120 | Ecuador | 1.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 121 | Philippines | 1.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 198.6% | falling |
| 122 | Kuwait | 1.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 20.2% | flat |
| 123 | Cameroon | 1.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 124 | Solomon Islands | 1.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 125 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.11 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 13.1% | flat |
| 126 | Namibia | 1.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 127 | Niue | 1.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 128 | Sierra Leone | 1.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 129 | Yemen | 1.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 130 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.07 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 17.7% | flat |
| 131 | Tunisia | 1.07 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 132 | Sudan | 1.06 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 133 | Benin | 1.05 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 134 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 135 | Ghana | 1.02 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 136 | Palau | 1.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 137 | Ethiopia | 1.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 22.0% | falling |
| 138 | Cambodia | 0.9904 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 139 | Dominican Republic | 0.978 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 140 | Iraq | 0.9649 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 141 | Samoa | 0.9355 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 142 | Uzbekistan | 0.9166 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Vanuatu | 0.8958 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 144 | Kenya | 0.8924 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 145 | Albania | 0.8805 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 146 | Tonga | 0.8625 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 147 | Seychelles | 0.8374 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 148 | Gambia | 0.8335 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 149 | Zimbabwe | 0.8303 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 50.5% | rising |
| 150 | Pakistan | 0.8279 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 151 | Syria | 0.8272 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 152 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.8167 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 76.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Nigeria | 0.814 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 154 | Liberia | 0.7948 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 155 | Bhutan | 0.7931 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 156 | Niger | 0.783 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 157 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.7523 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 158 | Chad | 0.7463 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 159 | Singapore | 0.7367 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 59.1% | volatile |
| 160 | Guinea | 0.7293 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 161 | Japan | 0.7284 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 162 | Malaysia | 0.7207 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 163 | Argentina | 0.7123 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 164 | Mali | 0.692 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 165 | Nepal | 0.6753 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 166 | Senegal | 0.6751 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 167 | Laos | 0.6735 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 10.8% | flat |
| 168 | Papua New Guinea | 0.6349 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 169 | United Arab Emirates | 0.6291 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 170 | Venezuela | 0.6235 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 32.9% | falling |
| 171 | Guyana | 0.6009 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 172 | Jamaica | 0.5709 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 173 | Monaco | 0.5707 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 174 | Peru | 0.5641 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 276.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Colombia | 0.5199 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 107.1% | volatile |
| 176 | Turkey | 0.512 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 177 | Panama | 0.4635 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 57.5% | falling |
| 178 | Mauritania | 0.461 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 179 | East Timor | 0.4392 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 180 | Bahrain | 0.4355 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 181 | Oman | 0.3975 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 46.4% | flat |
| 182 | Andorra | 0.3955 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 183 | Bangladesh | 0.3788 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 184 | Armenia | 0.3756 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 168.4% | volatile |
| 185 | Lebanon | 0.3739 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 186 | Brunei | 0.3498 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 187 | San Marino | 0.3468 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 44.2% | rising |
| 188 | Qatar | 0.3318 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 189 | Maldives | 0.3177 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 190 | Indonesia | 0.1979 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 191 | Fiji | 0.1582 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 192 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0887 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 193 | Jordan | 0.0835 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 194 | Egypt | 0.0738 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.2% | rising |
About this data
Estimated number of deaths from substance use disorders in both sexes, per 100,000 people.