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Alcohol and drug use disorders deaths by sex by country

Estimated number of deaths from substance use disorders in females.

Countries reporting
189
Highest
35,781 deaths
United States
Lowest
0 deaths
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
30.88 deaths
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Alcohol and drug use disorders deaths by sex is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 35,781 deaths in United States; the lowest is 0 deaths in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

The median across all reporting countries is 30.88 deaths, and the mean is 382.82 deaths.

Over the past decade 134 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Peru (up 554.3%), and the largest decrease in Panama (down 100.0%).

Alcohol and drug use disorders deaths by sex: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 35,781 deaths 2021 up 136.0% rising
2 Russia 5,665 deaths 2021 down 27.8% falling
3 India 4,092 deaths 2021 up 56.9% rising
4 China 3,541 deaths 2021 down 5.9% falling
5 Canada 2,114 deaths 2021 up 175.6% volatile
6 United Kingdom 2,006 deaths 2021 up 116.1% rising
7 Germany 1,632 deaths 2021 up 10.1% rising
8 France 1,248 deaths 2021 down 23.2% rising
9 Brazil 1,211 deaths 2021 up 30.7% rising
10 Ukraine 955.06 deaths 2021 down 27.8% falling
11 South Africa 927.98 deaths 2021 up 16.8% rising
12 Poland 774.59 deaths 2021 up 92.1% rising
13 Belarus 759.67 deaths 2021 down 18.7% rising
14 Iran 563.76 deaths 2021 up 5.1% falling
15 Australia 509.59 deaths 2021 up 37.6% rising
16 Pakistan 438.57 deaths 2021 up 28.7% rising
17 Ethiopia 431.62 deaths 2021 up 56.5% rising
18 Vietnam 376.79 deaths 2021 up 43.1% rising
19 Tanzania 295.94 deaths 2021 up 98.5% rising
20 Spain 292.92 deaths 2021 up 16.5% rising
21 Kazakhstan 234.76 deaths 2021 down 51.0% falling
22 Mozambique 231.17 deaths 2021 up 81.1% volatile
23 Afghanistan 230.59 deaths 2021 up 42.9% rising
24 Thailand 223.78 deaths 2021 up 76.0% rising
25 Sweden 217.02 deaths 2021 up 49.7% rising
26 Austria 210.4 deaths 2021 up 43.1% rising
27 Democratic Republic of Congo 210.24 deaths 2021 up 36.9% rising
28 Denmark 203.79 deaths 2021 down 16.5% rising
29 Italy 202.44 deaths 2021 up 37.3% rising
30 Japan 195.2 deaths 2021 down 31.4% rising
31 Mexico 194.04 deaths 2021 down 2.9% falling
32 Guatemala 192.14 deaths 2021 up 23.9% rising
33 Netherlands 190.81 deaths 2021 up 110.8% rising
34 Bangladesh 186.57 deaths 2021 up 53.6% rising
35 Indonesia 183.59 deaths 2021 up 61.0% rising
36 Kenya 178.54 deaths 2021 up 7.2% rising
37 Finland 176.09 deaths 2021 down 16.5% falling
38 Uganda 163.99 deaths 2021 up 55.2% rising
39 Belgium 161.01 deaths 2021 up 3.5% rising
40 South Korea 151.82 deaths 2021 up 95.4% rising
41 Nigeria 147.77 deaths 2021 up 41.2% rising
42 Czechia 142.83 deaths 2021 up 76.5% rising
43 Norway 142.29 deaths 2021 up 44.7% flat
44 Morocco 139.56 deaths 2021 up 7.5% rising
45 Sudan 136.89 deaths 2021 up 43.5% rising
46 Madagascar 129.12 deaths 2021 up 33.6% rising
47 Mongolia 119.92 deaths 2021 up 2.6% rising
48 Algeria 117.08 deaths 2021 up 30.4% rising
49 Rwanda 111.24 deaths 2021 up 27.2% rising
50 Ireland 109.01 deaths 2021 up 109.0% rising
51 Switzerland 103.5 deaths 2021 up 7.6% falling
52 Angola 101.89 deaths 2021 up 123.6% rising
53 Uzbekistan 97.78 deaths 2021 down 46.5% volatile
54 Somalia 97.48 deaths 2021 up 74.6% rising
55 Iraq 97.34 deaths 2021 up 24.5% rising
56 Latvia 95.93 deaths 2021 up 47.6% falling
57 Romania 90.06 deaths 2021 down 22.1% falling
58 Syria 87.2 deaths 2021 up 3.6% rising
59 Malawi 85.67 deaths 2021 up 42.8% rising
60 Yemen 84.55 deaths 2021 up 19.3% rising
61 Hungary 84.09 deaths 2021 up 4.1% falling
62 Slovenia 82.93 deaths 2021 up 119.6% volatile
63 North Korea 79.17 deaths 2021 down 4.4% rising
64 Zambia 76.07 deaths 2021 up 84.7% rising
65 Haiti 72.33 deaths 2021 up 17.7% rising
66 Philippines 71.51 deaths 2021 up 97.6% rising
67 Estonia 62.44 deaths 2021 down 14.4% falling
68 Bolivia 60.98 deaths 2021 down 4.9% flat
69 Chile 59.29 deaths 2021 up 15.6% flat
70 Ghana 56.88 deaths 2021 up 35.9% rising
71 Burkina Faso 56.8 deaths 2021 up 36.3% rising
72 Turkey 54.26 deaths 2021 down 3.0% rising
73 Burundi 53.68 deaths 2021 up 30.5% rising
74 Azerbaijan 52.61 deaths 2021 down 21.0% falling
75 Lithuania 52.37 deaths 2021 down 41.3% falling
76 Greece 52.23 deaths 2021 up 17.8% falling
77 South Sudan 49.94 deaths 2021 up 49.7% rising
78 Turkmenistan 48.71 deaths 2021 down 3.4% falling
79 Tajikistan 46.06 deaths 2021 up 7.5% falling
80 Serbia 45.05 deaths 2021 up 110.6% flat
81 Croatia 44.46 deaths 2021 down 18.6% rising
82 Portugal 42.84 deaths 2021 up 64.1% rising
83 Kyrgyzstan 41.63 deaths 2021 down 56.7% falling
84 Moldova 40.72 deaths 2021 down 56.6% falling
85 Argentina 39.72 deaths 2021 down 51.9% falling
86 Cameroon 39.72 deaths 2021 up 88.5% rising
87 New Zealand 39.04 deaths 2021 down 15.8% rising
88 Sri Lanka 38.94 deaths 2021 up 2.4% falling
89 Zimbabwe 38.85 deaths 2021 up 50.8% rising
90 Colombia 36.3 deaths 2021 up 285.4% volatile
91 Eritrea 36.07 deaths 2021 up 22.1% rising
92 Nepal 35.2 deaths 2021 up 39.2% rising
93 Libya 33.74 deaths 2021 down 6.1% rising
94 Cote d'Ivoire 33.59 deaths 2021 up 1.9% rising
95 Slovakia 30.88 deaths 2021 down 9.0% rising
96 Tunisia 29.71 deaths 2021 up 9.6% rising
97 El Salvador 29.64 deaths 2021 up 12.1% rising
98 Venezuela 29.19 deaths 2021 up 18.9% rising
99 Peru 26.5 deaths 2021 up 554.3% volatile
100 Lesotho 25.42 deaths 2021 up 40.7% rising
101 Costa Rica 25.23 deaths 2021 up 133.4% volatile
102 Israel 24.71 deaths 2021 up 248.0% volatile
103 Ecuador 24.08 deaths 2021 down 53.4% falling
104 Paraguay 24.06 deaths 2021 up 61.6% volatile
105 Myanmar 23.72 deaths 2021 up 1.1% falling
106 Cuba 23.14 deaths 2021 up 27.5% rising
107 Honduras 22.28 deaths 2021 up 15.3% rising
108 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.69 deaths 2021 down 16.2% falling
109 Niger 19.63 deaths 2021 up 65.0% rising
110 Chad 19.44 deaths 2021 up 53.9% rising
111 Benin 18.54 deaths 2021 up 39.1% rising
112 Mali 17.58 deaths 2021 up 53.1% rising
113 Congo 16.33 deaths 2021 up 1.4% rising
114 Georgia 15.49 deaths 2021 up 204.9% volatile
115 Malaysia 15.34 deaths 2021 up 44.6% rising
116 Bulgaria 15.05 deaths 2021 down 23.4% falling
117 Egypt 15.04 deaths 2021 up 4.8% rising
118 Luxembourg 14.93 deaths 2021 up 163.3% rising
119 Guinea 14.75 deaths 2021 up 51.9% rising
120 Sierra Leone 14.71 deaths 2021 up 49.9% rising
121 Uruguay 14.63 deaths 2021 up 18.1% rising
122 Togo 13.08 deaths 2021 up 33.9% rising
123 Botswana 12.96 deaths 2021 down 3.5% rising
124 Senegal 12.17 deaths 2021 up 34.6% rising
125 Iceland 11.98 deaths 2021 up 54.4% volatile
126 Namibia 11.62 deaths 2021 up 67.2% rising
127 Central African Republic 11.55 deaths 2021 up 17.3% rising
128 Cambodia 11.33 deaths 2021 up 25.5% rising
129 Djibouti 10.22 deaths 2021 up 30.0% rising
130 Dominican Republic 10.16 deaths 2021 up 17.7% rising
131 Lebanon 8.31 deaths 2021 up 6.7% rising
132 Mauritius 8.27 deaths 2021 up 98.3% volatile
133 Albania 7.86 deaths 2021 down 64.7% falling
134 Eswatini 7.82 deaths 2021 up 8.2% rising
135 Trinidad and Tobago 6.71 deaths 2021 up 46.8% rising
136 Armenia 5.97 deaths 2021 — volatile
137 Liberia 5.71 deaths 2021 up 31.6% rising
138 Comoros 4.99 deaths 2021 up 25.7% rising
139 Bahamas 4.85 deaths 2021 up 55.4% rising
140 North Macedonia 4.23 deaths 2021 up 32.6% volatile
141 Gabon 4.22 deaths 2021 up 25.2% rising
142 Laos 4.04 deaths 2021 up 15.4% rising
143 Equatorial Guinea 3.6 deaths 2021 up 35.3% rising
144 Cyprus 3.45 deaths 2021 down 5.2% volatile
145 Nicaragua 3.37 deaths 2021 down 81.3% rising
146 Guinea-Bissau 3.27 deaths 2021 up 36.2% rising
147 Jamaica 3.26 deaths 2021 up 46.2% rising
148 Gambia 3.06 deaths 2021 up 87.7% rising
149 Jordan 2.71 deaths 2021 up 15.3% falling
150 Mauritania 2.57 deaths 2021 up 57.7% rising
151 Saint Lucia 2.52 deaths 2021 up 52.7% rising
152 Suriname 2.4 deaths 2021 up 71.4% rising
153 Saudi Arabia 2.17 deaths 2021 up 10.7% falling
154 Montenegro 1.93 deaths 2021 down 11.1% falling
155 United Arab Emirates 1.92 deaths 2021 down 5.0% rising
156 Malta 1.49 deaths 2021 up 325.7% volatile
157 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.48 deaths 2021 up 41.0% rising
158 Oman 1.32 deaths 2021 down 15.4% rising
159 Belize 1.15 deaths 2021 up 69.1% rising
160 Kiribati 1 deaths 2021 up 22.0% rising
161 Singapore 0.96 deaths 2021 down 88.9% volatile
162 Papua New Guinea 0.95 deaths 2021 up 25.0% rising
163 Dominica 0.85 deaths 2021 up 18.1% rising
164 Bhutan 0.74 deaths 2021 up 13.8% rising
165 Barbados 0.63 deaths 2021 up 3.3% rising
166 Qatar 0.58 deaths 2021 down 7.9% rising
167 Bahrain 0.52 deaths 2021 up 26.8% rising
167 Kuwait 0.52 deaths 2021 down 45.8% falling
169 East Timor 0.48 deaths 2021 up 17.1% rising
170 Guyana 0.42 deaths 2021 down 55.8% volatile
171 Grenada 0.41 deaths 2021 — volatile
172 Antigua and Barbuda 0.39 deaths 2021 down 40.9% volatile
173 Cape Verde 0.34 deaths 2021 down 8.1% rising
174 Brunei 0.32 deaths 2021 — volatile
174 Seychelles 0.32 deaths 2021 up 28.0% rising
176 Maldives 0.23 deaths 2021 up 35.3% rising
177 Solomon Islands 0.12 deaths 2021 up 9.1% rising
178 Fiji 0.07 deaths 2021 up 133.3% volatile
179 Andorra 0.06 deaths 2021 down 14.3% flat
180 Samoa 0.05 deaths 2021 up 25.0% rising
181 Vanuatu 0.04 deaths 2021 unchanged falling
182 Micronesia (country) 0.03 deaths 2021 unchanged falling
182 Monaco 0.03 deaths 2021 unchanged rising
184 San Marino 0.02 deaths 2021 unchanged flat
184 Tonga 0.02 deaths 2021 unchanged flat
186 Marshall Islands 0.01 deaths 2021 down 50.0% falling
186 Cook Islands 0.01 deaths 2021 — volatile
188 Panama 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
188 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Alcohol and drug use disorders deaths by sex
Unit
deaths
Source
World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by 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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Estimated number of deaths from substance use disorders in females.