Deaths amphetamine overdoses by sex by country
Countries reporting
159
Highest
1,555
United States
Lowest
0
Panama
Median
0.56
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Deaths amphetamine overdoses by sex is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 1,555 in United States; the lowest is 0 in Panama.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.56, and the mean is 16.68.
Over the past decade 91 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 1,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Bulgaria (down 100.0%).
Deaths amphetamine overdoses by sex: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 1,555 | 2021 | up 128.9% | volatile |
| 2 | China | 426.7 | 2021 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 3 | India | 119.48 | 2021 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 89.39 | 2021 | up 163.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Canada | 83.16 | 2021 | up 226.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Russia | 63.74 | 2021 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 7 | Iran | 23.91 | 2021 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 8 | South Africa | 23.84 | 2021 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 9 | Pakistan | 19.45 | 2021 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 10 | Germany | 17.24 | 2021 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 11 | Australia | 16.04 | 2021 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 12 | Vietnam | 15.45 | 2021 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 13 | Afghanistan | 10.63 | 2021 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 14 | Spain | 9.1 | 2021 | up 65.5% | rising |
| 15 | Indonesia | 7.68 | 2021 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 16 | Sweden | 7.45 | 2021 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 17 | Bangladesh | 7.41 | 2021 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 18 | France | 6.84 | 2021 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 19 | Brazil | 6.45 | 2021 | up 110.1% | volatile |
| 20 | North Korea | 5.98 | 2021 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 21 | Morocco | 5.91 | 2021 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 22 | Japan | 5.67 | 2021 | down 47.3% | rising |
| 23 | Finland | 5.45 | 2021 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 24 | Sudan | 5.18 | 2021 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 25 | Denmark | 5.05 | 2021 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 26 | Poland | 4.87 | 2021 | up 231.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Ireland | 4.73 | 2021 | up 135.3% | rising |
| 28 | Algeria | 4.53 | 2021 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 29 | Norway | 4.42 | 2021 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 30 | Thailand | 4.27 | 2021 | up 123.6% | rising |
| 31 | Mexico | 4.21 | 2021 | up 40.3% | falling |
| 32 | Ukraine | 4.02 | 2021 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 33 | Netherlands | 3.71 | 2021 | up 166.9% | rising |
| 34 | Italy | 3.6 | 2021 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 35 | Yemen | 3.4 | 2021 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 36 | Switzerland | 3.25 | 2021 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 37 | Kazakhstan | 3.1 | 2021 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 38 | Syria | 2.88 | 2021 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 39 | Guatemala | 2.64 | 2021 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 40 | Tanzania | 2.31 | 2021 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 41 | Ethiopia | 2.24 | 2021 | up 76.4% | rising |
| 42 | Mozambique | 2.15 | 2021 | up 124.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Estonia | 1.89 | 2021 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Austria | 1.82 | 2021 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 1.71 | 2021 | down 28.8% | rising |
| 46 | Philippines | 1.68 | 2021 | up 112.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Turkey | 1.46 | 2021 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 48 | Libya | 1.42 | 2021 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 49 | Czechia | 1.4 | 2021 | up 70.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Nepal | 1.34 | 2021 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 51 | Colombia | 1.3 | 2021 | up 664.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Belarus | 1.28 | 2021 | down 67.6% | falling |
| 53 | Greece | 1.23 | 2021 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 54 | Iraq | 1.22 | 2021 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 55 | Belgium | 1.19 | 2021 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 56 | Turkmenistan | 1.18 | 2021 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 57 | New Zealand | 1.14 | 2021 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 58 | Uganda | 1.09 | 2021 | up 58.0% | rising |
| 59 | Chile | 1.08 | 2021 | up 83.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Israel | 1.08 | 2021 | up 272.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Tunisia | 1.04 | 2021 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 62 | South Korea | 0.89 | 2021 | up 641.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.88 | 2021 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 63 | Sri Lanka | 0.88 | 2021 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 65 | Haiti | 0.87 | 2021 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 66 | Hungary | 0.83 | 2021 | up 492.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Madagascar | 0.8 | 2021 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 67 | Zambia | 0.8 | 2021 | up 105.1% | rising |
| 69 | Myanmar | 0.79 | 2021 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 70 | Iceland | 0.78 | 2021 | up 105.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Zimbabwe | 0.75 | 2021 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 72 | Egypt | 0.71 | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 72 | Slovenia | 0.71 | 2021 | up 42.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Somalia | 0.66 | 2021 | up 144.4% | rising |
| 75 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.65 | 2021 | down 48.8% | flat |
| 76 | Serbia | 0.61 | 2021 | up 154.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Kenya | 0.6 | 2021 | down 52.8% | rising |
| 78 | Bolivia | 0.56 | 2021 | down 36.4% | flat |
| 78 | Ecuador | 0.56 | 2021 | up 522.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Romania | 0.56 | 2021 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 81 | Angola | 0.53 | 2021 | up 152.4% | rising |
| 81 | Portugal | 0.53 | 2021 | up 278.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Croatia | 0.5 | 2021 | down 42.5% | rising |
| 83 | Lesotho | 0.5 | 2021 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 85 | Malawi | 0.45 | 2021 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 86 | Lithuania | 0.44 | 2021 | down 45.0% | rising |
| 87 | Rwanda | 0.43 | 2021 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 88 | Luxembourg | 0.4 | 2021 | up 344.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Ghana | 0.32 | 2021 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 89 | Latvia | 0.32 | 2021 | up 113.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Burundi | 0.29 | 2021 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 91 | Honduras | 0.29 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 91 | Cambodia | 0.29 | 2021 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 91 | Venezuela | 0.29 | 2021 | down 31.0% | flat |
| 95 | Botswana | 0.28 | 2021 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 96 | Georgia | 0.27 | 2021 | up 350.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Slovakia | 0.26 | 2021 | up 188.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Costa Rica | 0.25 | 2021 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Mongolia | 0.23 | 2021 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 99 | Malaysia | 0.23 | 2021 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 101 | Peru | 0.22 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Uruguay | 0.21 | 2021 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Argentina | 0.2 | 2021 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Eswatini | 0.2 | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 105 | Namibia | 0.19 | 2021 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 106 | Mauritius | 0.17 | 2021 | up 183.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Eritrea | 0.16 | 2021 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 108 | South Sudan | 0.15 | 2021 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 109 | Lebanon | 0.14 | 2021 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 110 | Dominican Republic | 0.12 | 2021 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 111 | Albania | 0.11 | 2021 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Cyprus | 0.11 | 2021 | up 1,000.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Laos | 0.11 | 2021 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 111 | Paraguay | 0.11 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.09 | 2021 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 116 | Armenia | 0.08 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Azerbaijan | 0.08 | 2021 | down 27.3% | rising |
| 116 | Congo | 0.08 | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 116 | Nicaragua | 0.08 | 2021 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 120 | United Arab Emirates | 0.07 | 2021 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 120 | Djibouti | 0.07 | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 120 | Jordan | 0.07 | 2021 | up 16.7% | flat |
| 120 | El Salvador | 0.07 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 124 | Jamaica | 0.06 | 2021 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 124 | Malta | 0.06 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Papua New Guinea | 0.06 | 2021 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 124 | Suriname | 0.06 | 2021 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 128 | Central African Republic | 0.05 | 2021 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 128 | Cuba | 0.05 | 2021 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Kuwait | 0.05 | 2021 | down 44.4% | rising |
| 128 | Saudi Arabia | 0.05 | 2021 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 128 | Singapore | 0.05 | 2021 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Kiribati | 0.04 | 2021 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 133 | Moldova | 0.04 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.03 | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 135 | Oman | 0.03 | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 137 | Bahrain | 0.02 | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 137 | Belize | 0.02 | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 137 | Bhutan | 0.02 | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 137 | Comoros | 0.02 | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 137 | Gabon | 0.02 | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 137 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.02 | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 137 | North Macedonia | 0.02 | 2021 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Qatar | 0.02 | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 137 | Seychelles | 0.02 | 2021 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 137 | East Timor | 0.02 | 2021 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 147 | Bahamas | 0.01 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Barbados | 0.01 | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 147 | Dominica | 0.01 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.01 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Saint Lucia | 0.01 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Nigeria | 0.01 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Solomon Islands | 0.01 | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 154 | Bulgaria | 0 | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Brunei | 0 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Fiji | 0 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Grenada | 0 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Guyana | 0 | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Panama | 0 | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |