Deaths drug overdoses who by country
Countries reporting
192
Highest
83,344
United States
Lowest
0
Niue
Median
19.4
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Deaths drug overdoses who is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 83,344 in United States; the lowest is 0 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 19.4, and the mean is 665.43.
Over the past decade 134 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 1,737.5%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 100.0%).
Deaths drug overdoses who: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 83,344 | 2021 | up 206.8% | volatile |
| 2 | India | 6,192 | 2021 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 3 | Canada | 5,602 | 2021 | up 388.7% | volatile |
| 4 | China | 5,568 | 2021 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 4,125 | 2021 | up 158.8% | rising |
| 6 | Russia | 4,081 | 2021 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 7 | Iran | 1,640 | 2021 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 8 | France | 1,331 | 2021 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 9 | Germany | 1,164 | 2021 | up 25.4% | flat |
| 10 | Vietnam | 838.35 | 2021 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 11 | Pakistan | 829.92 | 2021 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 13 | Spain | 725.34 | 2021 | up 55.5% | rising |
| 14 | Ukraine | 629.17 | 2021 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 494.58 | 2021 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 16 | Australia | 485.52 | 2021 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 17 | Tanzania | 428.5 | 2021 | up 84.8% | rising |
| 18 | Italy | 418.12 | 2021 | up 48.8% | falling |
| 19 | Algeria | 391.16 | 2021 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 20 | Afghanistan | 380.56 | 2021 | up 63.0% | rising |
| 21 | Morocco | 325.31 | 2021 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 22 | Sudan | 324.4 | 2021 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 23 | Sweden | 284.51 | 2021 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 24 | Greece | 267.19 | 2021 | up 19.7% | falling |
| 25 | Yemen | 264.17 | 2021 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 26 | Indonesia | 262.69 | 2021 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 27 | Netherlands | 256.85 | 2021 | up 158.1% | rising |
| 28 | Kazakhstan | 246.35 | 2021 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 29 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 244.36 | 2021 | up 103.4% | rising |
| 30 | Norway | 235 | 2021 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 31 | Finland | 221.62 | 2021 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 32 | Turkey | 215.37 | 2021 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 33 | Ethiopia | 198.36 | 2021 | up 98.4% | rising |
| 34 | Japan | 195.29 | 2021 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 35 | Iraq | 192.46 | 2021 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 36 | Uganda | 191.36 | 2021 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 37 | Poland | 188.23 | 2021 | up 267.0% | rising |
| 38 | Switzerland | 184.32 | 2021 | up 26.9% | falling |
| 39 | Belarus | 175.37 | 2021 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 40 | Ireland | 165.19 | 2021 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 41 | Denmark | 165.1 | 2021 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 42 | Austria | 158.37 | 2021 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 43 | Mexico | 145.53 | 2021 | up 143.8% | rising |
| 44 | Thailand | 138.18 | 2021 | up 124.9% | rising |
| 45 | Zambia | 135 | 2021 | up 105.3% | rising |
| 46 | Madagascar | 129.55 | 2021 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 47 | Libya | 126.57 | 2021 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 48 | Syria | 124.82 | 2021 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 49 | Belgium | 122.86 | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 50 | Philippines | 121.78 | 2021 | up 246.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Malawi | 119.57 | 2021 | up 101.1% | rising |
| 52 | Rwanda | 111.22 | 2021 | up 102.8% | rising |
| 53 | Mozambique | 110.83 | 2021 | up 108.6% | volatile |
| 54 | North Korea | 93.75 | 2021 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 55 | Angola | 92.05 | 2021 | up 104.9% | rising |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 91.16 | 2021 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 57 | Brazil | 87.86 | 2021 | up 136.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Uzbekistan | 86.68 | 2021 | down 38.9% | rising |
| 59 | Somalia | 86.61 | 2021 | up 75.9% | rising |
| 60 | Kenya | 82.02 | 2021 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 61 | Chile | 81.34 | 2021 | up 171.9% | rising |
| 62 | Czechia | 78.57 | 2021 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 63 | Tunisia | 78.21 | 2021 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 64 | Nepal | 77.39 | 2021 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 65 | Burundi | 76.36 | 2021 | up 105.9% | rising |
| 66 | Lithuania | 73.7 | 2021 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 67 | Serbia | 67.59 | 2021 | up 137.9% | rising |
| 68 | Zimbabwe | 64.03 | 2021 | up 76.0% | rising |
| 69 | Croatia | 61.74 | 2021 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 70 | Nigeria | 56.54 | 2021 | up 62.1% | rising |
| 71 | Egypt | 56.09 | 2021 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 72 | Israel | 52.43 | 2021 | up 255.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Turkmenistan | 48.07 | 2021 | up 55.5% | rising |
| 74 | Slovenia | 47.87 | 2021 | up 151.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Estonia | 46.68 | 2021 | down 60.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Myanmar | 45.48 | 2021 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 77 | Portugal | 45.47 | 2021 | up 288.3% | rising |
| 78 | Malaysia | 44.49 | 2021 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 79 | South Korea | 44.39 | 2021 | up 773.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Guatemala | 42.46 | 2021 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 81 | South Sudan | 39.8 | 2021 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 82 | United Arab Emirates | 34.93 | 2021 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 83 | Romania | 33.48 | 2021 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 84 | Colombia | 33.16 | 2021 | up 504.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Kyrgyzstan | 32.5 | 2021 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 86 | New Zealand | 30.38 | 2021 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 87 | Eritrea | 30.08 | 2021 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 88 | Latvia | 29.73 | 2021 | up 176.8% | falling |
| 89 | Singapore | 28.02 | 2021 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Kuwait | 27.88 | 2021 | up 270.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Hungary | 25.79 | 2021 | up 85.0% | rising |
| 92 | Mauritius | 23.17 | 2021 | up 303.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Saudi Arabia | 22.87 | 2021 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 94 | Iceland | 20.95 | 2021 | up 140.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Argentina | 20.03 | 2021 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 96 | Cambodia | 19.64 | 2021 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 97 | Mongolia | 19.42 | 2021 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 98 | Honduras | 19.37 | 2021 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 99 | Georgia | 19.33 | 2021 | up 443.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Azerbaijan | 18.67 | 2021 | down 25.8% | rising |
| 101 | North Macedonia | 16.52 | 2021 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 102 | Bulgaria | 16.27 | 2021 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 103 | Cyprus | 15.15 | 2021 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 104 | Congo | 14.91 | 2021 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 105 | Uruguay | 14.61 | 2021 | up 83.1% | rising |
| 106 | Lesotho | 14.44 | 2021 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 107 | Moldova | 14.18 | 2021 | up 277.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Lebanon | 13.12 | 2021 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 109 | Slovakia | 13.1 | 2021 | up 74.2% | falling |
| 110 | Ecuador | 13.04 | 2021 | up 452.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Albania | 12.67 | 2021 | down 58.2% | falling |
| 112 | Bolivia | 12.44 | 2021 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 113 | Djibouti | 11.58 | 2021 | up 101.4% | rising |
| 114 | Luxembourg | 11.34 | 2021 | up 222.2% | falling |
| 115 | Tajikistan | 11.11 | 2021 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 116 | Haiti | 10.73 | 2021 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 118 | Oman | 8.72 | 2021 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 119 | Botswana | 8.54 | 2021 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 120 | Cameroon | 8.41 | 2021 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 121 | Venezuela | 7.97 | 2021 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 122 | Namibia | 7.58 | 2021 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 123 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.31 | 2021 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 124 | Eswatini | 6.97 | 2021 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 125 | Costa Rica | 6.93 | 2021 | up 92.0% | rising |
| 125 | Gabon | 6.93 | 2021 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 127 | Comoros | 6.68 | 2021 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 128 | Laos | 6.53 | 2021 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 129 | Papua New Guinea | 6.15 | 2021 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 130 | El Salvador | 5.76 | 2021 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 131 | Burkina Faso | 5.39 | 2021 | up 53.6% | rising |
| 132 | Armenia | 5.24 | 2021 | up 297.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Qatar | 4.69 | 2021 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 134 | Niger | 4.66 | 2021 | up 75.8% | rising |
| 135 | Ghana | 4.57 | 2021 | up 62.6% | rising |
| 135 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.57 | 2021 | up 55.4% | rising |
| 137 | Jordan | 4.56 | 2021 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 137 | Mali | 4.56 | 2021 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 139 | Malta | 4.37 | 2021 | up 453.2% | falling |
| 140 | Senegal | 4.35 | 2021 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 141 | Kiribati | 3.92 | 2021 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 142 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.86 | 2021 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 143 | Peru | 3.72 | 2021 | up 190.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Benin | 3.71 | 2021 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 145 | Bahrain | 3.33 | 2021 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 146 | Guinea | 3.08 | 2021 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 147 | Chad | 2.87 | 2021 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 148 | Togo | 2.77 | 2021 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 149 | Bhutan | 2.55 | 2021 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 150 | Sierra Leone | 2.17 | 2021 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 151 | Panama | 1.81 | 2021 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Paraguay | 1.47 | 2021 | up 1,737.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Cuba | 1.35 | 2021 | down 57.4% | rising |
| 153 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.35 | 2021 | up 46.7% | falling |
| 155 | Liberia | 1.11 | 2021 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 156 | Mauritania | 1.1 | 2021 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 157 | East Timor | 0.95 | 2021 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 158 | Maldives | 0.89 | 2021 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 159 | Jamaica | 0.86 | 2021 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 160 | Dominican Republic | 0.83 | 2021 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 161 | Solomon Islands | 0.68 | 2021 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 162 | Montenegro | 0.66 | 2021 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 163 | Gambia | 0.65 | 2021 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 164 | Brunei | 0.6 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 165 | Nicaragua | 0.58 | 2021 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.49 | 2021 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 167 | Fiji | 0.43 | 2021 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 168 | Cape Verde | 0.39 | 2021 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 168 | Seychelles | 0.39 | 2021 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 170 | Suriname | 0.38 | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 171 | Bahamas | 0.34 | 2021 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 172 | Vanuatu | 0.27 | 2021 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 173 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.26 | 2021 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 174 | Samoa | 0.2 | 2021 | up 17.6% | flat |
| 175 | Micronesia (country) | 0.12 | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 176 | Barbados | 0.09 | 2021 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 176 | Tonga | 0.09 | 2021 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 178 | Dominica | 0.08 | 2021 | up 60.0% | flat |
| 178 | Grenada | 0.08 | 2021 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 180 | Belize | 0.07 | 2021 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 181 | Andorra | 0.05 | 2021 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 182 | Saint Lucia | 0.04 | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 182 | Monaco | 0.04 | 2021 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 182 | Marshall Islands | 0.04 | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 185 | San Marino | 0.02 | 2021 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 185 | Cook Islands | 0.02 | 2021 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.01 | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 187 | Nauru | 0.01 | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 187 | Tuvalu | 0.01 | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 190 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Guyana | 0 | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Palau | 0 | 2021 | — | flat |
| 190 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Niue | 0 | 2021 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Africa 786.29
- Central African Republic 9.83