Deaths from substance disorders who by country
Countries reporting
194
Highest
127,195
United States
Lowest
0.02
Niue
Median
182.97
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Deaths from substance disorders who is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 127,195 in United States; the lowest is 0.02 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 182.97, and the mean is 1,715.
Over the past decade 143 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Peru (up 326.0%), and the largest decrease in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (down 78.1%).
Deaths from substance disorders who: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 127,195 | 2021 | up 182.4% | volatile |
| 2 | China | 29,684 | 2021 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 3 | India | 29,213 | 2021 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 4 | Russia | 25,661 | 2021 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 5 | Brazil | 10,488 | 2021 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 6 | Canada | 8,839 | 2021 | up 257.3% | volatile |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 7,423 | 2021 | up 116.8% | rising |
| 8 | Germany | 7,337 | 2021 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 9 | Poland | 5,775 | 2021 | up 77.2% | rising |
| 10 | Ukraine | 5,560 | 2021 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 11 | France | 5,058 | 2021 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 12 | Myanmar | 4,721 | 2021 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 3,141 | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 14 | Iran | 2,813 | 2021 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 15 | Belarus | 2,426 | 2021 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 16 | Thailand | 2,287 | 2021 | up 111.7% | rising |
| 17 | Vietnam | 2,078 | 2021 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 18 | South Africa | 2,033 | 2021 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 19 | Pakistan | 1,983 | 2021 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 20 | Nigeria | 1,779 | 2021 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 21 | Australia | 1,759 | 2021 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 22 | Guatemala | 1,431 | 2021 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 23 | Philippines | 1,327 | 2021 | up 243.8% | rising |
| 24 | Spain | 1,316 | 2021 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 25 | South Korea | 1,250 | 2021 | up 45.4% | flat |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 1,231 | 2021 | up 59.9% | rising |
| 27 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1,212 | 2021 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 28 | Kazakhstan | 1,086 | 2021 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 29 | Tanzania | 1,083 | 2021 | up 79.8% | rising |
| 30 | Netherlands | 941.2 | 2021 | up 157.6% | rising |
| 31 | Japan | 915.42 | 2021 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 32 | Italy | 893.71 | 2021 | up 31.8% | falling |
| 33 | Austria | 882.64 | 2021 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 34 | El Salvador | 873.06 | 2021 | up 10.1% | flat |
| 35 | Denmark | 818.42 | 2021 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 36 | Sweden | 809.45 | 2021 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 37 | Finland | 786.37 | 2021 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 38 | Mongolia | 736.05 | 2021 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 39 | Mozambique | 671.33 | 2021 | up 73.8% | rising |
| 40 | Belgium | 661.55 | 2021 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 41 | Hungary | 650.32 | 2021 | up 37.7% | falling |
| 42 | Czechia | 636.05 | 2021 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 43 | Bangladesh | 635.05 | 2021 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 44 | Uganda | 618.82 | 2021 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 45 | Afghanistan | 617.94 | 2021 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 46 | Algeria | 615.71 | 2021 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 47 | Cuba | 576.57 | 2021 | up 68.9% | rising |
| 48 | Indonesia | 547.8 | 2021 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 49 | Slovenia | 513.7 | 2021 | up 146.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Sudan | 511.87 | 2021 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 51 | Morocco | 506.73 | 2021 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 52 | Switzerland | 488.42 | 2021 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 53 | Norway | 484.81 | 2021 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 54 | Kenya | 474.92 | 2021 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 55 | Angola | 470.56 | 2021 | up 88.9% | rising |
| 56 | Chile | 464.55 | 2021 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 57 | Romania | 461.38 | 2021 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 58 | Turkey | 443.83 | 2021 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 59 | Croatia | 421.86 | 2021 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 60 | Madagascar | 419.05 | 2021 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 61 | Haiti | 418.88 | 2021 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 62 | Iraq | 415.58 | 2021 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 63 | North Korea | 410.29 | 2021 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 64 | Yemen | 403.04 | 2021 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 65 | Serbia | 386.46 | 2021 | up 26.4% | falling |
| 66 | Greece | 384.01 | 2021 | up 36.0% | falling |
| 67 | Latvia | 380.74 | 2021 | up 24.3% | falling |
| 68 | Honduras | 368.69 | 2021 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 69 | Bolivia | 360.44 | 2021 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 70 | Malawi | 354.4 | 2021 | up 73.3% | rising |
| 71 | Rwanda | 350.57 | 2021 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 72 | Zambia | 334.88 | 2021 | up 97.2% | rising |
| 73 | Ghana | 332.1 | 2021 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 74 | Ireland | 326.73 | 2021 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 75 | Argentina | 322.78 | 2021 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 76 | Sri Lanka | 318.32 | 2021 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 77 | Uzbekistan | 313.89 | 2021 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Somalia | 308.96 | 2021 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 79 | Cote d'Ivoire | 304.66 | 2021 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 80 | Cameroon | 303.87 | 2021 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 81 | Burkina Faso | 299.4 | 2021 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 82 | Estonia | 295.79 | 2021 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 83 | Lithuania | 286.07 | 2021 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 84 | Slovakia | 282.36 | 2021 | up 47.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Paraguay | 273.55 | 2021 | up 138.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Colombia | 266.12 | 2021 | up 134.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 258.87 | 2021 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 88 | Malaysia | 247.09 | 2021 | up 58.6% | rising |
| 89 | Moldova | 228.19 | 2021 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 90 | Burundi | 224.16 | 2021 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 91 | Turkmenistan | 215.61 | 2021 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 92 | Ecuador | 207.83 | 2021 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 93 | Libya | 206.69 | 2021 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 94 | Nepal | 199.05 | 2021 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 95 | Niger | 191.85 | 2021 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 96 | Portugal | 188.6 | 2021 | up 18.3% | flat |
| 97 | Peru | 187.04 | 2021 | up 326.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Syria | 178.91 | 2021 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 99 | Venezuela | 176.06 | 2021 | up 28.6% | falling |
| 100 | Costa Rica | 175.99 | 2021 | up 229.5% | volatile |
| 101 | South Sudan | 174.04 | 2021 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 102 | Cambodia | 168.11 | 2021 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 103 | Tajikistan | 167.63 | 2021 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 104 | Mali | 154.93 | 2021 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 105 | Azerbaijan | 149.03 | 2021 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 106 | Uruguay | 145.39 | 2021 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 107 | Israel | 142.85 | 2021 | up 149.6% | falling |
| 108 | Benin | 140.98 | 2021 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 109 | New Zealand | 136.84 | 2021 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 110 | Chad | 133.06 | 2021 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 111 | Zimbabwe | 131.17 | 2021 | up 74.8% | rising |
| 112 | Tunisia | 128.69 | 2021 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 113 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 118.24 | 2021 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 114 | Senegal | 116.25 | 2021 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 115 | Mauritius | 111.8 | 2021 | up 61.8% | rising |
| 116 | Togo | 111.19 | 2021 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 117 | Eritrea | 109.55 | 2021 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 118 | Dominican Republic | 108.79 | 2021 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 119 | Nicaragua | 104.17 | 2021 | down 67.4% | flat |
| 120 | Guinea | 99.99 | 2021 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 121 | Bulgaria | 93.48 | 2021 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 122 | Sierra Leone | 87.95 | 2021 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 123 | Egypt | 81.9 | 2021 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 124 | Congo | 71.42 | 2021 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 125 | Central African Republic | 63.68 | 2021 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 126 | Papua New Guinea | 63.57 | 2021 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 127 | Georgia | 63.4 | 2021 | up 180.3% | rising |
| 128 | Lesotho | 62.47 | 2021 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 129 | United Arab Emirates | 61.58 | 2021 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 130 | Laos | 50.2 | 2021 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 131 | Kuwait | 49.65 | 2021 | up 67.3% | rising |
| 132 | Iceland | 43.58 | 2021 | up 131.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Luxembourg | 43.48 | 2021 | up 113.8% | rising |
| 134 | Liberia | 41.8 | 2021 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 135 | Singapore | 40.86 | 2021 | up 70.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Trinidad and Tobago | 38.69 | 2021 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 137 | Djibouti | 33.6 | 2021 | up 67.9% | rising |
| 138 | Gabon | 31.49 | 2021 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 139 | Namibia | 30.86 | 2021 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 140 | Botswana | 29.75 | 2021 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 141 | Cyprus | 29.4 | 2021 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 142 | Saudi Arabia | 27.79 | 2021 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 143 | Eswatini | 25.88 | 2021 | up 63.5% | rising |
| 144 | Albania | 25.09 | 2021 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 145 | Bahamas | 24.12 | 2021 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 146 | Guinea-Bissau | 22.1 | 2021 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 147 | North Macedonia | 22.04 | 2021 | up 15.8% | falling |
| 148 | Mauritania | 21.83 | 2021 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 149 | Gambia | 21.47 | 2021 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 150 | Lebanon | 21.38 | 2021 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 151 | Panama | 20.14 | 2021 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 152 | Equatorial Guinea | 19.61 | 2021 | up 60.2% | rising |
| 153 | Oman | 17.89 | 2021 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 154 | Comoros | 17.66 | 2021 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 155 | Jamaica | 16.2 | 2021 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 156 | Suriname | 13.26 | 2021 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 157 | Malta | 11 | 2021 | up 276.7% | rising |
| 158 | Armenia | 10.78 | 2021 | up 163.6% | volatile |
| 159 | Qatar | 9.34 | 2021 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 160 | Jordan | 9.24 | 2021 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 161 | Belize | 9.05 | 2021 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 162 | Solomon Islands | 8.56 | 2021 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 163 | Montenegro | 8.03 | 2021 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 164 | Saint Lucia | 7.68 | 2021 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 165 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.03 | 2021 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 166 | Kiribati | 6.66 | 2021 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 167 | Bahrain | 6.54 | 2021 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 168 | Cape Verde | 6.38 | 2021 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 169 | Bhutan | 6.15 | 2021 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 170 | East Timor | 5.93 | 2021 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 171 | Guyana | 4.9 | 2021 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 172 | Barbados | 4.88 | 2021 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 173 | Dominica | 3.75 | 2021 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 174 | Grenada | 3.45 | 2021 | up 157.5% | rising |
| 175 | Vanuatu | 2.74 | 2021 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 176 | Samoa | 2 | 2021 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 177 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.67 | 2021 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 178 | Maldives | 1.64 | 2021 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 179 | Brunei | 1.58 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 180 | Fiji | 1.45 | 2021 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 181 | Micronesia (country) | 1.43 | 2021 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 182 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.1 | 2021 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 183 | Seychelles | 1.03 | 2021 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 184 | Tonga | 0.91 | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 185 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.84 | 2021 | down 78.1% | volatile |
| 186 | Marshall Islands | 0.57 | 2021 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 187 | Cook Islands | 0.36 | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 188 | Andorra | 0.31 | 2021 | down 13.9% | flat |
| 189 | Monaco | 0.22 | 2021 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 190 | Palau | 0.18 | 2021 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 191 | Nauru | 0.16 | 2021 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 192 | Tuvalu | 0.15 | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 193 | San Marino | 0.12 | 2021 | down 40.0% | rising |
| 194 | Niue | 0.02 | 2021 | unchanged | falling |