Deaths from drug use disorders ghe by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
106,981
United States
Lowest
0
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
31.92
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Deaths from drug use disorders ghe is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 106,981 in United States; the lowest is 0 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

The median across all reporting countries is 31.92, and the mean is 899.45.

Over the past decade 142 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 1,294.5%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 100.0%).

Deaths from drug use disorders ghe: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 106,981 2021 up 198.2% volatile
1 Cook Islands 0.03 2021 up 50.0% rising
2 China, People's Republic of 11,246 2021 up 6.5% falling
2 Niue 0 2021 volatile
3 India 8,450 2021 up 40.2% rising
4 Canada 7,333 2021 up 376.4% volatile
5 United Kingdom 5,631 2021 up 163.9% rising
6 Russian Federation 5,469 2021 down 34.6% falling
7 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2,689 2021 up 0.6% flat
8 France 1,571 2021 down 10.3% rising
9 Germany 1,548 2021 up 28.6% rising
10 Brazil 1,354 2021 up 77.2% volatile
11 Australia 1,278 2021 up 30.0% rising
12 South Africa 1,204 2021 up 24.4% rising
13 Vietnam 1,153 2021 up 30.5% rising
14 Pakistan 1,112 2021 up 23.2% rising
15 Spain 989.34 2021 up 63.0% rising
16 Ukraine 752.21 2021 down 27.8% falling
17 Mexico 620.03 2021 up 134.8% rising
18 Bangladesh 612.26 2021 up 40.4% rising
19 Algeria 575.23 2021 up 33.9% rising
20 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 550.59 2021 up 61.1% rising
21 Italy 541.27 2021 up 46.6% falling
22 Sudan 473.06 2021 up 40.4% rising
23 Morocco 469.38 2021 up 9.3% rising
24 Tanzania 462.36 2021 up 88.1% rising
25 Iraq 414.78 2021 up 35.5% rising
26 Sweden 399.52 2021 up 22.2% rising
27 Indonesia 370.45 2021 up 6.4% rising
28 Yemen, Republic of 367.27 2021 up 39.8% rising
29 Kazakhstan, Republic of 355.58 2021 down 21.8% falling
30 Netherlands, The 340.78 2021 up 162.0% rising
31 Finland 312.22 2021 up 3.7% rising
32 Greece 304.19 2021 up 23.3% falling
33 Norway 303.41 2021 down 0.4% falling
34 Türkiye, Republic of 284.6 2021 up 17.4% rising
35 Japan 272.51 2021 down 35.5% falling
36 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 261.31 2021 up 103.7% rising
37 Poland, Republic of 249.16 2021 up 228.1% rising
38 Switzerland 247.37 2021 up 31.1% falling
39 Ireland 242.54 2021 up 48.0% rising
40 Denmark 238.65 2021 down 8.8% rising
41 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 218.21 2021 up 97.9% rising
42 Guatemala 209.26 2021 up 39.1% rising
43 Thailand 206.47 2021 up 130.1% rising
44 Uganda 204.71 2021 up 55.1% rising
45 Belarus, Republic of 204.38 2021 down 44.0% falling
46 Libya 194.8 2021 up 20.6% rising
47 Austria 188.68 2021 down 25.1% falling
48 Philippines 183.95 2021 up 283.9% volatile
49 Belgium 167.96 2021 up 5.1% rising
50 Colombia 167.48 2021 up 488.9% volatile
51 Syrian Arab Republic 152.13 2021 down 1.9% rising
52 Zambia 147.43 2021 up 107.7% rising
53 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 143.79 2021 down 4.3% rising
54 Madagascar, Republic of 138.43 2021 up 42.4% rising
55 Mozambique 127.54 2021 up 110.0% volatile
56 Malawi 126.92 2021 up 101.7% rising
57 Sri Lanka 125.18 2021 up 6.3% falling
58 Tunisia 119.55 2021 down 14.3% rising
59 Uzbekistan 118.17 2021 down 36.0% rising
60 Rwanda 117.43 2021 up 102.3% rising
61 Chile 113.87 2021 up 191.7% rising
62 Angola 100.59 2021 up 108.3% rising
63 Israel 99.69 2021 up 263.8% volatile
64 Nepal 97.99 2021 up 40.3% rising
65 Lithuania, Republic of 94.68 2021 up 56.5% rising
66 Czech Republic 93.68 2021 up 43.1% rising
67 Somalia 91.47 2021 up 78.2% rising
68 Kenya 90.5 2021 down 11.4% rising
69 Serbia, Republic of 88.86 2021 up 148.1% rising
70 Turkmenistan 87.21 2021 up 89.6% rising
71 Zimbabwe 85.73 2021 up 84.9% rising
72 New Zealand 79.74 2021 up 5.9% rising
73 Burundi 79.64 2021 up 102.7% rising
74 Egypt, Arab Republic of 75.88 2021 down 2.2% rising
75 Honduras 71.94 2021 up 46.7% rising
76 Croatia, Republic of 69.59 2021 down 7.9% rising
77 Korea, Republic of 66.78 2021 up 750.7% volatile
78 Ecuador 65.92 2021 up 507.6% volatile
79 Portugal 65.82 2021 up 297.7% rising
80 Malaysia 62.73 2021 up 62.1% rising
81 Nigeria 60.78 2021 up 63.5% rising
82 Estonia, Republic of 60.18 2021 down 56.5% rising
83 Slovenia, Republic of 59.45 2021 up 138.9% volatile
84 Myanmar 59.21 2021 up 21.0% rising
85 Kyrgyz Republic 50.57 2021 down 53.0% falling
86 United Arab Emirates 49.5 2021 up 10.7% rising
87 Kuwait 46.73 2021 up 62.1% rising
88 Bolivia 45.71 2021 down 5.6% rising
89 Haiti 42.37 2021 up 27.5% rising
90 South Sudan, Republic of 42 2021 up 15.2% rising
91 Romania 39.99 2021 down 7.0% falling
92 Latvia, Republic of 37.44 2021 up 181.7% falling
93 Singapore 36.87 2021 up 53.7% volatile
94 Costa Rica 34.13 2021 up 93.4% rising
95 Hungary 32.99 2021 up 84.8% flat
96 Eritrea, The State of 32.42 2021 up 19.4% rising
97 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 31.95 2021 down 15.9% rising
98 Argentina 31.9 2021 down 1.2% rising
99 Mauritius 31.79 2021 up 291.5% volatile
100 Iceland 30.7 2021 up 152.7% volatile
101 El Salvador 27.43 2021 up 0.5% falling
102 Georgia 26.84 2021 up 433.6% volatile
103 Saudi Arabia 26.24 2021 down 4.1% rising
104 Mongolia 24.66 2021 down 2.6% rising
105 Cambodia 24.18 2021 up 37.4% rising
106 North Macedonia, Republic of 22.04 2021 up 136.5% rising
107 Bulgaria 21.24 2021 down 43.7% falling
108 Azerbaijan, Republic of 21.16 2021 down 24.6% rising
109 Uruguay 21.12 2021 up 90.8% rising
110 Cyprus 20.4 2021 up 34.2% rising
111 Moldova, Republic of 18.96 2021 up 304.3% volatile
112 Tajikistan, Republic of 18.19 2021 up 33.0% rising
113 Lebanon 18.18 2021 up 1.9% rising
114 Lesotho 17.76 2021 up 35.4% rising
115 Slovak Republic 17.21 2021 up 81.0% falling
116 Congo, Republic of 16.8 2021 up 25.5% rising
117 Albania 16.73 2021 down 57.8% falling
118 Luxembourg 16.4 2021 up 230.6% falling
119 Peru 15.68 2021 up 222.0% volatile
120 Paraguay 12.69 2021 up 1,294.5% volatile
121 Djibouti 12.47 2021 up 97.3% rising
122 Oman 12.04 2021 down 22.5% rising
123 Central African Republic 10.53 2021 up 3.5% rising
124 Botswana 10.37 2021 down 11.7% rising
125 Armenia, Republic of 9.9 2021 up 385.3% volatile
126 Cameroon 9.24 2021 up 70.8% rising
127 Namibia 9.06 2021 up 44.0% rising
128 Eswatini, Kingdom of 8.54 2021 up 44.7% rising
129 Lao People's Democratic Republic 8.22 2021 up 37.0% rising
130 Gabon 7.99 2021 up 34.5% rising
131 Côte d’Ivoire 7.89 2021 up 38.7% rising
132 Cuba 7.75 2021 down 41.8% rising
133 Trinidad and Tobago 7.35 2021 up 50.3% falling
134 Malta 7.3 2021 up 540.4% falling
135 Comoros, Union of the 7.13 2021 up 41.2% rising
136 Papua New Guinea 7.06 2021 up 37.4% rising
137 Jordan 6.97 2021 up 12.4% flat
137 Panama 6.97 2021 down 32.1% volatile
139 Qatar 6.95 2021 up 6.3% rising
140 Dominican Republic 6.67 2021 up 0.3% rising
141 Kiribati 6.08 2021 up 15.4% rising
142 Ghana 5.79 2021 up 55.2% rising
143 Burkina Faso 5.61 2021 up 55.0% rising
144 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 5.37 2021 up 62.7% rising
145 Bahrain, Kingdom of 4.75 2021 up 15.0% rising
145 Niger 4.75 2021 up 76.6% rising
147 Mali 4.69 2021 up 49.4% rising
148 Senegal 4.6 2021 up 51.3% rising
149 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.51 2021 down 20.6% falling
150 Jamaica 4.35 2021 up 20.2% falling
151 Benin 3.92 2021 up 54.3% rising
152 Guinea 3.23 2021 up 44.8% rising
153 Bhutan 3.12 2021 up 24.8% rising
154 Chad 2.98 2021 up 55.2% rising
155 Suriname 2.95 2021 up 8.9% falling
156 Togo 2.94 2021 up 58.1% rising
157 Nicaragua 2.78 2021 down 39.2% volatile
158 Sierra Leone 2.29 2021 up 69.6% rising
159 Bahamas, The 1.3 2021 down 20.2% falling
160 Maldives 1.28 2021 up 40.7% rising
161 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 1.18 2021 up 49.4% rising
162 Liberia 1.16 2021 up 41.5% rising
163 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 1.15 2021 up 15.0% rising
164 Montenegro 1.04 2021 down 10.3% rising
165 Brunei Darussalam 0.82 2021 volatile
165 Solomon Islands 0.82 2021 up 34.4% rising
167 Gambia, The 0.7 2021 up 48.9% rising
168 Fiji, Republic of 0.65 2021 up 27.5% volatile
169 Seychelles 0.62 2021 down 10.1% rising
170 Grenada 0.61 2021 down 54.5% volatile
171 Guinea-Bissau 0.52 2021 up 52.9% rising
172 Belize 0.42 2021 down 17.6% falling
173 Cabo Verde 0.41 2021 up 13.9% rising
174 Dominica 0.39 2021 up 18.2% falling
175 Barbados 0.37 2021 down 27.5% falling
176 Vanuatu 0.33 2021 up 26.9% rising
177 St. Lucia 0.31 2021 down 29.5% falling
178 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 0.29 2021 up 38.1% rising
179 Samoa 0.27 2021 up 22.7% rising
180 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.17 2021 up 6.2% falling
181 Tonga 0.13 2021 up 8.3% falling
182 St. Kitts and Nevis 0.09 2021 down 10.0% falling
183 Andorra, Principality of 0.07 2021 down 12.5% flat
183 Monaco 0.07 2021 up 40.0% rising
185 Marshall Islands, Republic of the 0.06 2021 down 25.0% falling
186 San Marino, Republic of 0.03 2021 down 40.0% rising
187 Naoero, Republic of 0.02 2021 unchanged falling
187 Tuvalu 0.02 2021 unchanged rising
189 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2021 volatile
189 Guyana 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
189 Palau, Republic of 0 2021 flat
189 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2021 volatile

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Deaths from drug use disorders ghe
Source
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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