Deaths opioid overdoses by sex by country
Countries reporting
192
Highest
24,856
United States
Lowest
0
Niue
Median
3.95
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Deaths opioid overdoses by sex is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 24,856 in United States; the lowest is 0 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.95, and the mean is 186.74.
Over the past decade 115 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in South Korea (up 846.6%), and the largest decrease in Bulgaria (down 100.0%).
Deaths opioid overdoses by sex: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 24,856 | 2021 | up 144.7% | volatile |
| 2 | India | 1,811 | 2021 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 3 | Canada | 1,428 | 2021 | up 252.7% | volatile |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 1,192 | 2021 | up 177.6% | volatile |
| 5 | China | 1,119 | 2021 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 6 | Russia | 817.8 | 2021 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 7 | France | 573.27 | 2021 | down 27.2% | rising |
| 9 | Germany | 293.01 | 2021 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 10 | Iran | 266.68 | 2021 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 11 | Vietnam | 255.27 | 2021 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 12 | Pakistan | 241.7 | 2021 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 13 | Spain | 211.64 | 2021 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 14 | Australia | 137.4 | 2021 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 15 | Ukraine | 131.32 | 2021 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 16 | Italy | 125.37 | 2021 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 17 | Indonesia | 119.35 | 2021 | up 72.5% | rising |
| 18 | Japan | 107.42 | 2021 | down 40.0% | rising |
| 19 | Bangladesh | 102.5 | 2021 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 20 | Sweden | 90.57 | 2021 | up 93.2% | rising |
| 21 | Afghanistan | 86.67 | 2021 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 22 | Norway | 81.84 | 2021 | up 57.7% | flat |
| 23 | Kazakhstan | 69.74 | 2021 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 24 | Poland | 69.06 | 2021 | up 234.3% | rising |
| 25 | Ireland | 67.86 | 2021 | up 148.0% | rising |
| 26 | Syria | 63.62 | 2021 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 27 | Morocco | 62.74 | 2021 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 28 | Finland | 58.28 | 2021 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 29 | Sudan | 57.73 | 2021 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 30 | Netherlands | 57.58 | 2021 | up 124.8% | rising |
| 31 | Denmark | 56.26 | 2021 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 32 | Algeria | 54.48 | 2021 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 33 | Austria | 48.12 | 2021 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 34 | Switzerland | 44.93 | 2021 | up 28.7% | flat |
| 35 | Thailand | 43.4 | 2021 | up 101.9% | rising |
| 36 | Greece | 42.43 | 2021 | up 24.6% | falling |
| 37 | Belarus | 40.62 | 2021 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 38 | Belgium | 39.85 | 2021 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 39 | Turkey | 37.11 | 2021 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 40 | Uzbekistan | 33.18 | 2021 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 40 | Yemen | 33.18 | 2021 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 42 | North Korea | 32 | 2021 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 43 | Czechia | 30.62 | 2021 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Brazil | 30.31 | 2021 | up 193.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Tanzania | 30.31 | 2021 | up 156.6% | rising |
| 46 | Iraq | 29.65 | 2021 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 47 | Ethiopia | 28.01 | 2021 | up 82.2% | rising |
| 48 | Zimbabwe | 25.42 | 2021 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 49 | Mexico | 23.28 | 2021 | up 57.0% | falling |
| 50 | Sri Lanka | 22.34 | 2021 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 51 | Chile | 21.54 | 2021 | up 101.7% | rising |
| 52 | Mozambique | 21.26 | 2021 | up 146.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Portugal | 21.26 | 2021 | up 316.0% | volatile |
| 54 | South Korea | 21.11 | 2021 | up 846.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Philippines | 20.8 | 2021 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Nepal | 19.13 | 2021 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 57 | Serbia | 18.43 | 2021 | up 252.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Estonia | 16.76 | 2021 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Libya | 15.98 | 2021 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 60 | Turkmenistan | 15.83 | 2021 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 61 | Romania | 15.82 | 2021 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 62 | Tunisia | 14.76 | 2021 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 63 | Israel | 14.49 | 2021 | up 321.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Uganda | 14.21 | 2021 | up 80.1% | rising |
| 65 | Lithuania | 13.87 | 2021 | up 63.6% | rising |
| 66 | Latvia | 13.77 | 2021 | up 483.5% | rising |
| 67 | Kenya | 12.97 | 2021 | down 35.6% | rising |
| 68 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 12.73 | 2021 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 69 | Slovenia | 12.02 | 2021 | up 123.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Croatia | 11.94 | 2021 | down 37.1% | rising |
| 71 | Zambia | 11.67 | 2021 | up 125.3% | rising |
| 72 | Madagascar | 11.13 | 2021 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 73 | Kyrgyzstan | 10.55 | 2021 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 74 | Georgia | 9.53 | 2021 | up 694.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Guatemala | 8.8 | 2021 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 76 | Lesotho | 8.41 | 2021 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 77 | Iceland | 8.3 | 2021 | up 90.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Myanmar | 8.19 | 2021 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 79 | New Zealand | 8.05 | 2021 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 80 | Malawi | 7.03 | 2021 | up 88.0% | rising |
| 81 | Malaysia | 6.95 | 2021 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 82 | Egypt | 6.92 | 2021 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 83 | Argentina | 6.74 | 2021 | down 32.0% | rising |
| 84 | Angola | 6.25 | 2021 | up 174.1% | rising |
| 85 | Rwanda | 6.14 | 2021 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 86 | Somalia | 6.05 | 2021 | up 137.3% | rising |
| 87 | Hungary | 5.86 | 2021 | up 149.4% | falling |
| 88 | Azerbaijan | 5.78 | 2021 | down 21.8% | flat |
| 89 | Lebanon | 5.73 | 2021 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 90 | Luxembourg | 5.49 | 2021 | up 249.7% | rising |
| 91 | Slovakia | 5.2 | 2021 | up 79.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Uruguay | 4.62 | 2021 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 93 | Ghana | 4.56 | 2021 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 94 | Albania | 4.43 | 2021 | down 61.4% | falling |
| 95 | Botswana | 4.38 | 2021 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 96 | Bolivia | 4.14 | 2021 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 97 | Mongolia | 3.97 | 2021 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 98 | Ecuador | 3.93 | 2021 | up 601.8% | volatile |
| 99 | North Macedonia | 3.82 | 2021 | up 113.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Burundi | 3.8 | 2021 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 101 | Namibia | 3.35 | 2021 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 102 | Colombia | 3.27 | 2021 | up 541.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Eswatini | 3.13 | 2021 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 104 | Cambodia | 3.05 | 2021 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 105 | Armenia | 2.8 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Eritrea | 2.3 | 2021 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 107 | Haiti | 2.14 | 2021 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 108 | South Sudan | 1.95 | 2021 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 109 | Cyprus | 1.94 | 2021 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Venezuela | 1.79 | 2021 | down 30.1% | rising |
| 111 | Jordan | 1.73 | 2021 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 112 | Peru | 1.64 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.63 | 2021 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 114 | Mauritius | 1.36 | 2021 | up 97.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Honduras | 1.27 | 2021 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 116 | Congo | 1.22 | 2021 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 117 | Costa Rica | 1.08 | 2021 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Laos | 0.97 | 2021 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 119 | Saudi Arabia | 0.85 | 2021 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 120 | Djibouti | 0.83 | 2021 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 121 | Singapore | 0.8 | 2021 | down 88.7% | volatile |
| 122 | United Arab Emirates | 0.74 | 2021 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 122 | Oman | 0.74 | 2021 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 124 | Kiribati | 0.68 | 2021 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 126 | Paraguay | 0.55 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 127 | El Salvador | 0.52 | 2021 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 128 | Cuba | 0.45 | 2021 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Moldova | 0.43 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Comoros | 0.39 | 2021 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 131 | Bhutan | 0.37 | 2021 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 131 | Qatar | 0.37 | 2021 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 133 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.34 | 2021 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Malta | 0.33 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Montenegro | 0.33 | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 136 | Bahrain | 0.32 | 2021 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 136 | Nicaragua | 0.32 | 2021 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Gabon | 0.3 | 2021 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 139 | Dominican Republic | 0.28 | 2021 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 139 | Kuwait | 0.28 | 2021 | down 47.2% | rising |
| 141 | Papua New Guinea | 0.26 | 2021 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 142 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.23 | 2021 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 143 | Jamaica | 0.2 | 2021 | up 53.8% | flat |
| 144 | Seychelles | 0.19 | 2021 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 145 | East Timor | 0.15 | 2021 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 146 | Bahamas | 0.11 | 2021 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 147 | Nigeria | 0.08 | 2021 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 148 | Suriname | 0.07 | 2021 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 149 | Dominica | 0.06 | 2021 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 150 | Barbados | 0.04 | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 150 | Fiji | 0.04 | 2021 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Maldives | 0.04 | 2021 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 150 | Solomon Islands | 0.04 | 2021 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 154 | Belize | 0.03 | 2021 | up 50.0% | flat |
| 154 | Brunei | 0.03 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Cameroon | 0.03 | 2021 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 157 | Tajikistan | 0.02 | 2021 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 157 | Samoa | 0.02 | 2021 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 159 | Andorra | 0.01 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Benin | 0.01 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Burkina Faso | 0.01 | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 159 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.01 | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 159 | Micronesia (country) | 0.01 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Guinea | 0.01 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Saint Lucia | 0.01 | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 159 | Monaco | 0.01 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Mali | 0.01 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Niger | 0.01 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Senegal | 0.01 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Sierra Leone | 0.01 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 159 | San Marino | 0.01 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Togo | 0.01 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Tonga | 0.01 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Vanuatu | 0.01 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 2021 | — | flat |
| 175 | Bulgaria | 0 | 2021 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 175 | Cape Verde | 0 | 2021 | — | flat |
| 175 | Gambia | 0 | 2021 | — | flat |
| 175 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 2021 | — | flat |
| 175 | Grenada | 0 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Guyana | 0 | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Liberia | 0 | 2021 | — | flat |
| 175 | Marshall Islands | 0 | 2021 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 175 | Mauritania | 0 | 2021 | — | flat |
| 175 | Nauru | 0 | 2021 | — | flat |
| 175 | Panama | 0 | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Palau | 0 | 2021 | — | flat |
| 175 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 | 2021 | — | flat |
| 175 | Chad | 0 | 2021 | — | flat |
| 175 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2021 | — | flat |
| 175 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 2021 | — | flat |
| 175 | Cook Islands | 0 | 2021 | — | flat |
| 175 | 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 423.01
- Central African Republic 0.62