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Substance use disorder deaths by country

Estimated number of deaths from drug use disorders in both sexes.

Countries reporting
193
Highest
106,981 deaths
United States
Lowest
0 deaths
Niue
Median
31.95 deaths
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Substance use disorder deaths is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 106,981 deaths in United States; the lowest is 0 deaths in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 31.95 deaths, and the mean is 904.11 deaths.

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%).

Substance use disorder deaths: full country ranking

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

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Indicator
Substance use disorder deaths
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 drug use disorders in both sexes.