Alcohol and drug use disorders deaths by country
Estimated number of deaths from substance use disorders in both sexes.
Countries reporting
193
Highest
127,195 deaths
United States
Lowest
0.02 deaths
Niue
Median
187.04 deaths
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Alcohol and drug use disorders deaths is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 127,195 deaths in United States; the lowest is 0.02 deaths in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 187.04 deaths, and the mean is 1,723 deaths.
Over the past decade 142 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%).
Alcohol and drug use disorders deaths: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 127,195 deaths | 2021 | up 182.4% | volatile |
| 2 | China | 29,684 deaths | 2021 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 3 | India | 29,213 deaths | 2021 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 4 | Russia | 25,661 deaths | 2021 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 5 | Brazil | 10,488 deaths | 2021 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 6 | Canada | 8,839 deaths | 2021 | up 257.3% | volatile |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 7,423 deaths | 2021 | up 116.8% | rising |
| 8 | Germany | 7,337 deaths | 2021 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 9 | Poland | 5,775 deaths | 2021 | up 77.2% | rising |
| 10 | Ukraine | 5,560 deaths | 2021 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 11 | France | 5,058 deaths | 2021 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 12 | Myanmar | 4,721 deaths | 2021 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 3,141 deaths | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 14 | Iran | 2,813 deaths | 2021 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 15 | Belarus | 2,426 deaths | 2021 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 16 | Thailand | 2,287 deaths | 2021 | up 111.7% | rising |
| 17 | Vietnam | 2,078 deaths | 2021 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 18 | South Africa | 2,033 deaths | 2021 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 19 | Pakistan | 1,983 deaths | 2021 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 20 | Nigeria | 1,779 deaths | 2021 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 21 | Australia | 1,759 deaths | 2021 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 22 | Guatemala | 1,431 deaths | 2021 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 23 | Philippines | 1,327 deaths | 2021 | up 243.8% | rising |
| 24 | Spain | 1,316 deaths | 2021 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 25 | South Korea | 1,250 deaths | 2021 | up 45.4% | flat |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 1,231 deaths | 2021 | up 59.9% | rising |
| 27 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1,212 deaths | 2021 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 28 | Kazakhstan | 1,086 deaths | 2021 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 29 | Tanzania | 1,083 deaths | 2021 | up 79.8% | rising |
| 30 | Netherlands | 941.2 deaths | 2021 | up 157.6% | rising |
| 31 | Japan | 915.42 deaths | 2021 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 32 | Italy | 893.71 deaths | 2021 | up 31.8% | falling |
| 33 | Austria | 882.64 deaths | 2021 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 34 | El Salvador | 873.06 deaths | 2021 | up 10.1% | flat |
| 35 | Denmark | 818.42 deaths | 2021 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 36 | Sweden | 809.45 deaths | 2021 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 37 | Finland | 786.37 deaths | 2021 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 38 | Mongolia | 736.05 deaths | 2021 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 39 | Mozambique | 671.33 deaths | 2021 | up 73.8% | rising |
| 40 | Belgium | 661.55 deaths | 2021 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 41 | Hungary | 650.32 deaths | 2021 | up 37.7% | falling |
| 42 | Czechia | 636.05 deaths | 2021 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 43 | Bangladesh | 635.05 deaths | 2021 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 44 | Uganda | 618.82 deaths | 2021 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 45 | Afghanistan | 617.94 deaths | 2021 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 46 | Algeria | 615.71 deaths | 2021 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 47 | Cuba | 576.57 deaths | 2021 | up 68.9% | rising |
| 48 | Indonesia | 547.8 deaths | 2021 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 49 | Slovenia | 513.7 deaths | 2021 | up 146.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Sudan | 511.87 deaths | 2021 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 51 | Morocco | 506.73 deaths | 2021 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 52 | Switzerland | 488.42 deaths | 2021 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 53 | Norway | 484.81 deaths | 2021 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 54 | Kenya | 474.92 deaths | 2021 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 55 | Angola | 470.56 deaths | 2021 | up 88.9% | rising |
| 56 | Chile | 464.55 deaths | 2021 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 57 | Romania | 461.38 deaths | 2021 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 58 | Turkey | 443.83 deaths | 2021 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 59 | Croatia | 421.86 deaths | 2021 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 60 | Madagascar | 419.05 deaths | 2021 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 61 | Haiti | 418.88 deaths | 2021 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 62 | Iraq | 415.58 deaths | 2021 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 63 | North Korea | 410.29 deaths | 2021 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 64 | Yemen | 403.04 deaths | 2021 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 65 | Serbia | 386.46 deaths | 2021 | up 26.4% | falling |
| 66 | Greece | 384.01 deaths | 2021 | up 36.0% | falling |
| 67 | Latvia | 380.74 deaths | 2021 | up 24.3% | falling |
| 68 | Honduras | 368.69 deaths | 2021 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 69 | Bolivia | 360.44 deaths | 2021 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 70 | Malawi | 354.4 deaths | 2021 | up 73.3% | rising |
| 71 | Rwanda | 350.57 deaths | 2021 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 72 | Zambia | 334.88 deaths | 2021 | up 97.2% | rising |
| 73 | Ghana | 332.1 deaths | 2021 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 74 | Ireland | 326.73 deaths | 2021 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 75 | Argentina | 322.78 deaths | 2021 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 76 | Sri Lanka | 318.32 deaths | 2021 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 77 | Uzbekistan | 313.89 deaths | 2021 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Somalia | 308.96 deaths | 2021 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 79 | Cote d'Ivoire | 304.66 deaths | 2021 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 80 | Cameroon | 303.87 deaths | 2021 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 81 | Burkina Faso | 299.4 deaths | 2021 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 82 | Estonia | 295.79 deaths | 2021 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 83 | Lithuania | 286.07 deaths | 2021 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 84 | Slovakia | 282.36 deaths | 2021 | up 47.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Paraguay | 273.55 deaths | 2021 | up 138.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Colombia | 266.12 deaths | 2021 | up 134.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 258.87 deaths | 2021 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 88 | Malaysia | 247.09 deaths | 2021 | up 58.6% | rising |
| 89 | Moldova | 228.19 deaths | 2021 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 90 | Burundi | 224.16 deaths | 2021 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 91 | Turkmenistan | 215.61 deaths | 2021 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 92 | Ecuador | 207.83 deaths | 2021 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 93 | Libya | 206.69 deaths | 2021 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 94 | Nepal | 199.05 deaths | 2021 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 95 | Niger | 191.85 deaths | 2021 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 96 | Portugal | 188.6 deaths | 2021 | up 18.3% | flat |
| 97 | Peru | 187.04 deaths | 2021 | up 326.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Syria | 178.91 deaths | 2021 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 99 | Venezuela | 176.06 deaths | 2021 | up 28.6% | falling |
| 100 | Costa Rica | 175.99 deaths | 2021 | up 229.5% | volatile |
| 101 | South Sudan | 174.04 deaths | 2021 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 102 | Cambodia | 168.11 deaths | 2021 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 103 | Tajikistan | 167.63 deaths | 2021 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 104 | Mali | 154.93 deaths | 2021 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 105 | Azerbaijan | 149.03 deaths | 2021 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 106 | Uruguay | 145.39 deaths | 2021 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 107 | Israel | 142.85 deaths | 2021 | up 149.6% | falling |
| 108 | Benin | 140.98 deaths | 2021 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 109 | New Zealand | 136.84 deaths | 2021 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 110 | Chad | 133.06 deaths | 2021 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 111 | Zimbabwe | 131.17 deaths | 2021 | up 74.8% | rising |
| 112 | Tunisia | 128.69 deaths | 2021 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 113 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 118.24 deaths | 2021 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 114 | Senegal | 116.25 deaths | 2021 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 115 | Mauritius | 111.8 deaths | 2021 | up 61.8% | rising |
| 116 | Togo | 111.19 deaths | 2021 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 117 | Eritrea | 109.55 deaths | 2021 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 118 | Dominican Republic | 108.79 deaths | 2021 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 119 | Nicaragua | 104.17 deaths | 2021 | down 67.4% | flat |
| 120 | Guinea | 99.99 deaths | 2021 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 121 | Bulgaria | 93.48 deaths | 2021 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 122 | Sierra Leone | 87.95 deaths | 2021 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 123 | Egypt | 81.9 deaths | 2021 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 124 | Congo | 71.42 deaths | 2021 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 125 | Central African Republic | 63.68 deaths | 2021 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 126 | Papua New Guinea | 63.57 deaths | 2021 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 127 | Georgia | 63.4 deaths | 2021 | up 180.3% | rising |
| 128 | Lesotho | 62.47 deaths | 2021 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 129 | United Arab Emirates | 61.58 deaths | 2021 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 130 | Laos | 50.2 deaths | 2021 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 131 | Kuwait | 49.65 deaths | 2021 | up 67.3% | rising |
| 132 | Iceland | 43.58 deaths | 2021 | up 131.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Luxembourg | 43.48 deaths | 2021 | up 113.8% | rising |
| 134 | Liberia | 41.8 deaths | 2021 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 135 | Singapore | 40.86 deaths | 2021 | up 70.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Trinidad and Tobago | 38.69 deaths | 2021 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 138 | Gabon | 31.49 deaths | 2021 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 139 | Namibia | 30.86 deaths | 2021 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 140 | Botswana | 29.75 deaths | 2021 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 141 | Cyprus | 29.4 deaths | 2021 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 142 | Saudi Arabia | 27.79 deaths | 2021 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 143 | Eswatini | 25.88 deaths | 2021 | up 63.5% | rising |
| 144 | Albania | 25.09 deaths | 2021 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 145 | Bahamas | 24.12 deaths | 2021 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 146 | Guinea-Bissau | 22.1 deaths | 2021 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 147 | North Macedonia | 22.04 deaths | 2021 | up 15.8% | falling |
| 148 | Mauritania | 21.83 deaths | 2021 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 149 | Gambia | 21.47 deaths | 2021 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 150 | Lebanon | 21.38 deaths | 2021 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 151 | Panama | 20.14 deaths | 2021 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 152 | Equatorial Guinea | 19.61 deaths | 2021 | up 60.2% | rising |
| 153 | Oman | 17.89 deaths | 2021 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 154 | Comoros | 17.66 deaths | 2021 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 155 | Jamaica | 16.2 deaths | 2021 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 156 | Suriname | 13.26 deaths | 2021 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 157 | Malta | 11 deaths | 2021 | up 276.7% | rising |
| 158 | Armenia | 10.78 deaths | 2021 | up 163.6% | volatile |
| 159 | Qatar | 9.34 deaths | 2021 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 160 | Jordan | 9.24 deaths | 2021 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 161 | Belize | 9.05 deaths | 2021 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 162 | Solomon Islands | 8.56 deaths | 2021 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 163 | Montenegro | 8.03 deaths | 2021 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 164 | Saint Lucia | 7.68 deaths | 2021 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 165 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.03 deaths | 2021 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 166 | Kiribati | 6.66 deaths | 2021 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 167 | Bahrain | 6.54 deaths | 2021 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 168 | Cape Verde | 6.38 deaths | 2021 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 169 | Bhutan | 6.15 deaths | 2021 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 170 | East Timor | 5.93 deaths | 2021 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 171 | Guyana | 4.9 deaths | 2021 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 172 | Barbados | 4.88 deaths | 2021 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 173 | Dominica | 3.75 deaths | 2021 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 174 | Grenada | 3.45 deaths | 2021 | up 157.5% | rising |
| 175 | Vanuatu | 2.74 deaths | 2021 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 176 | Samoa | 2 deaths | 2021 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 177 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.67 deaths | 2021 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 178 | Maldives | 1.64 deaths | 2021 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 179 | Brunei | 1.58 deaths | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 180 | Fiji | 1.45 deaths | 2021 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 181 | Micronesia (country) | 1.43 deaths | 2021 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 182 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.1 deaths | 2021 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 183 | Seychelles | 1.03 deaths | 2021 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 184 | Tonga | 0.91 deaths | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 185 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.84 deaths | 2021 | down 78.1% | volatile |
| 186 | Marshall Islands | 0.57 deaths | 2021 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 187 | Cook Islands | 0.36 deaths | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 188 | Andorra | 0.31 deaths | 2021 | down 13.9% | flat |
| 189 | Monaco | 0.22 deaths | 2021 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 190 | Palau | 0.18 deaths | 2021 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 191 | Nauru | 0.16 deaths | 2021 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 192 | Tuvalu | 0.15 deaths | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 193 | San Marino | 0.12 deaths | 2021 | down 40.0% | rising |
| 194 | Niue | 0.02 deaths | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
About this data
Estimated number of deaths from substance use disorders in both sexes.