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Amphetamine use disorder deaths by sex by country

Estimated number of deaths from amphetamine use disorders in females.

Countries reporting
159
Highest
1,555 deaths
United States
Lowest
0 deaths
Panama
Median
0.56 deaths
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Amphetamine use disorder deaths by sex is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 1,555 deaths in United States; the lowest is 0 deaths in Panama.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.56 deaths, and the mean is 16.68 deaths.

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%).

Amphetamine use disorder deaths by sex: full country ranking

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

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About this data

Indicator
Amphetamine use disorder 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 amphetamine use disorders in females.