Alcohol and drug use disorders deaths by country
Estimated number of deaths from alcohol use disorders in both sexes.
Countries reporting
190
Highest
20,763 deaths
India
Lowest
0 deaths
North Macedonia
Median
112.69 deaths
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Alcohol and drug use disorders deaths is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 20,763 deaths in India; the lowest is 0 deaths in North Macedonia.
The median across all reporting countries is 112.69 deaths, and the mean is 818.96 deaths.
Over the past decade 131 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in Peru (up 338.9%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 100.0%).
Alcohol and drug use disorders deaths: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 20,763 deaths | 2021 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 2 | United States | 20,214 deaths | 2021 | up 120.5% | rising |
| 3 | Russia | 20,193 deaths | 2021 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 4 | China | 18,438 deaths | 2021 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 9,134 deaths | 2021 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 6 | Germany | 5,789 deaths | 2021 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 7 | Poland | 5,525 deaths | 2021 | up 73.6% | rising |
| 8 | Ukraine | 4,808 deaths | 2021 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 9 | Myanmar | 4,661 deaths | 2021 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 10 | France | 3,487 deaths | 2021 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 12 | Belarus | 2,222 deaths | 2021 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 13 | Thailand | 2,080 deaths | 2021 | up 110.0% | rising |
| 14 | United Kingdom | 1,792 deaths | 2021 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 15 | Nigeria | 1,718 deaths | 2021 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 16 | Canada | 1,506 deaths | 2021 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 17 | Guatemala | 1,222 deaths | 2021 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 18 | South Korea | 1,183 deaths | 2021 | up 38.9% | falling |
| 19 | Philippines | 1,143 deaths | 2021 | up 238.1% | rising |
| 20 | Ethiopia | 1,013 deaths | 2021 | up 53.6% | rising |
| 21 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 951 deaths | 2021 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 22 | Vietnam | 925.28 deaths | 2021 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 23 | Pakistan | 870.52 deaths | 2021 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 24 | El Salvador | 845.63 deaths | 2021 | up 10.5% | flat |
| 25 | South Africa | 828.78 deaths | 2021 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 26 | Kazakhstan | 730.04 deaths | 2021 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 27 | Mongolia | 711.39 deaths | 2021 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 28 | Austria | 693.96 deaths | 2021 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 29 | Japan | 642.91 deaths | 2021 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 30 | Tanzania | 620.37 deaths | 2021 | up 74.1% | rising |
| 31 | Hungary | 617.33 deaths | 2021 | up 35.9% | falling |
| 32 | Netherlands | 600.42 deaths | 2021 | up 155.1% | rising |
| 33 | Denmark | 579.77 deaths | 2021 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 34 | Cuba | 568.82 deaths | 2021 | up 73.4% | rising |
| 35 | Mozambique | 543.79 deaths | 2021 | up 67.0% | rising |
| 36 | Czechia | 542.37 deaths | 2021 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 37 | Belgium | 493.59 deaths | 2021 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 38 | Australia | 481.45 deaths | 2021 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 39 | Finland | 474.15 deaths | 2021 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 40 | Slovenia | 454.25 deaths | 2021 | up 147.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Romania | 421.39 deaths | 2021 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 42 | Uganda | 414.11 deaths | 2021 | up 57.6% | rising |
| 43 | Sweden | 409.93 deaths | 2021 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 44 | Kenya | 384.42 deaths | 2021 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 45 | Haiti | 376.51 deaths | 2021 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 46 | Angola | 369.97 deaths | 2021 | up 84.2% | rising |
| 47 | Italy | 352.44 deaths | 2021 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 48 | Croatia | 352.27 deaths | 2021 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 49 | Chile | 350.68 deaths | 2021 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 50 | Latvia | 343.3 deaths | 2021 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 51 | Spain | 326.34 deaths | 2021 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 52 | Ghana | 326.31 deaths | 2021 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 53 | Bolivia | 314.73 deaths | 2021 | up 28.4% | flat |
| 54 | Serbia | 297.6 deaths | 2021 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 55 | Cote d'Ivoire | 296.77 deaths | 2021 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 56 | Honduras | 296.75 deaths | 2021 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 57 | Cameroon | 294.63 deaths | 2021 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 58 | Burkina Faso | 293.79 deaths | 2021 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 59 | Argentina | 290.88 deaths | 2021 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 60 | Madagascar | 280.62 deaths | 2021 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 61 | North Korea | 266.5 deaths | 2021 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 62 | Slovakia | 265.15 deaths | 2021 | up 45.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Paraguay | 260.86 deaths | 2021 | up 129.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Switzerland | 241.05 deaths | 2021 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 65 | Estonia | 235.61 deaths | 2021 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 66 | Rwanda | 233.14 deaths | 2021 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 67 | Malawi | 227.48 deaths | 2021 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 68 | Somalia | 217.49 deaths | 2021 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 69 | Moldova | 209.23 deaths | 2021 | down 46.5% | falling |
| 70 | Kyrgyzstan | 208.3 deaths | 2021 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 71 | Uzbekistan | 195.72 deaths | 2021 | down 49.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Sri Lanka | 193.14 deaths | 2021 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Lithuania | 191.39 deaths | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 74 | Zambia | 187.45 deaths | 2021 | up 89.7% | rising |
| 75 | Niger | 187.1 deaths | 2021 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 76 | Malaysia | 184.36 deaths | 2021 | up 57.4% | rising |
| 77 | Norway | 181.4 deaths | 2021 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 78 | Indonesia | 177.35 deaths | 2021 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 79 | Peru | 171.36 deaths | 2021 | up 338.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Turkey | 159.23 deaths | 2021 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 81 | Mali | 150.24 deaths | 2021 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 82 | Tajikistan | 149.44 deaths | 2021 | up 9.8% | flat |
| 83 | Burundi | 144.52 deaths | 2021 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 84 | Venezuela | 144.11 deaths | 2021 | up 45.6% | falling |
| 85 | Cambodia | 143.93 deaths | 2021 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 86 | Ecuador | 141.91 deaths | 2021 | down 64.5% | falling |
| 87 | Costa Rica | 141.86 deaths | 2021 | up 296.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Benin | 137.06 deaths | 2021 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 89 | South Sudan | 132.04 deaths | 2021 | up 71.3% | rising |
| 90 | Chad | 130.08 deaths | 2021 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 91 | Turkmenistan | 128.4 deaths | 2021 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 92 | Azerbaijan | 127.87 deaths | 2021 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 93 | Iran | 124.84 deaths | 2021 | up 12.3% | flat |
| 94 | Uruguay | 124.27 deaths | 2021 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 95 | Portugal | 122.78 deaths | 2021 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 96 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 113.73 deaths | 2021 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 97 | Senegal | 111.65 deaths | 2021 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 98 | Togo | 108.25 deaths | 2021 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 99 | Dominican Republic | 102.12 deaths | 2021 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 101.39 deaths | 2021 | down 67.8% | rising |
| 101 | Nepal | 101.06 deaths | 2021 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 102 | Colombia | 98.64 deaths | 2021 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Guinea | 96.76 deaths | 2021 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 104 | Sierra Leone | 85.66 deaths | 2021 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 105 | Ireland | 84.19 deaths | 2021 | up 24.6% | flat |
| 106 | Mauritius | 80.01 deaths | 2021 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 107 | Greece | 79.82 deaths | 2021 | up 123.2% | rising |
| 108 | Eritrea | 77.13 deaths | 2021 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 109 | Bulgaria | 72.24 deaths | 2021 | up 57.4% | falling |
| 110 | Afghanistan | 67.35 deaths | 2021 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 111 | New Zealand | 57.1 deaths | 2021 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 112 | Papua New Guinea | 56.51 deaths | 2021 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 113 | Congo | 54.62 deaths | 2021 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 114 | Central African Republic | 53.15 deaths | 2021 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 115 | Zimbabwe | 45.44 deaths | 2021 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 116 | Lesotho | 44.71 deaths | 2021 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 117 | Israel | 43.16 deaths | 2021 | up 44.7% | falling |
| 118 | Laos | 41.98 deaths | 2021 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 119 | Liberia | 40.64 deaths | 2021 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 120 | Algeria | 40.48 deaths | 2021 | up 20.7% | falling |
| 121 | Sudan | 38.81 deaths | 2021 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 122 | Morocco | 37.35 deaths | 2021 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 123 | Georgia | 36.56 deaths | 2021 | up 107.8% | rising |
| 124 | Yemen | 35.77 deaths | 2021 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 125 | Trinidad and Tobago | 31.34 deaths | 2021 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 126 | Luxembourg | 27.08 deaths | 2021 | up 76.1% | rising |
| 127 | Syria | 26.78 deaths | 2021 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 128 | Gabon | 23.5 deaths | 2021 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 129 | Bahamas | 22.82 deaths | 2021 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 130 | Bangladesh | 22.79 deaths | 2021 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 131 | Namibia | 21.8 deaths | 2021 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 132 | Guinea-Bissau | 21.58 deaths | 2021 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 134 | Gambia | 20.77 deaths | 2021 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 135 | Mauritania | 20.65 deaths | 2021 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 136 | Botswana | 19.38 deaths | 2021 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 137 | Eswatini | 17.34 deaths | 2021 | up 74.6% | rising |
| 138 | Equatorial Guinea | 14.24 deaths | 2021 | up 59.3% | rising |
| 140 | Iceland | 12.88 deaths | 2021 | up 93.7% | rising |
| 141 | United Arab Emirates | 12.08 deaths | 2021 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 142 | Libya | 11.89 deaths | 2021 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 143 | Jamaica | 11.85 deaths | 2021 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 144 | Comoros | 10.53 deaths | 2021 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 145 | Suriname | 10.31 deaths | 2021 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 146 | Tunisia | 9.14 deaths | 2021 | down 20.2% | flat |
| 147 | Cyprus | 9 deaths | 2021 | up 121.7% | rising |
| 148 | Belize | 8.63 deaths | 2021 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 149 | Albania | 8.36 deaths | 2021 | down 52.6% | falling |
| 150 | Solomon Islands | 7.74 deaths | 2021 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 151 | Saint Lucia | 7.37 deaths | 2021 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 152 | Montenegro | 6.99 deaths | 2021 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 153 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.94 deaths | 2021 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 154 | Egypt | 6.02 deaths | 2021 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Cape Verde | 5.97 deaths | 2021 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 156 | Oman | 5.85 deaths | 2021 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 157 | Guyana | 4.9 deaths | 2021 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 158 | East Timor | 4.78 deaths | 2021 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 159 | Barbados | 4.51 deaths | 2021 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 161 | Malta | 3.7 deaths | 2021 | up 107.9% | rising |
| 162 | Dominica | 3.36 deaths | 2021 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 163 | Lebanon | 3.2 deaths | 2021 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 164 | Bhutan | 3.03 deaths | 2021 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 165 | Kuwait | 2.92 deaths | 2021 | up 243.5% | volatile |
| 166 | Grenada | 2.84 deaths | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 167 | Vanuatu | 2.41 deaths | 2021 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 168 | Qatar | 2.39 deaths | 2021 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 169 | Jordan | 2.27 deaths | 2021 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 170 | Bahrain | 1.79 deaths | 2021 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 171 | Samoa | 1.73 deaths | 2021 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 172 | Saudi Arabia | 1.55 deaths | 2021 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 173 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.38 deaths | 2021 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 174 | Micronesia (country) | 1.26 deaths | 2021 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 175 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.1 deaths | 2021 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 176 | Armenia | 0.88 deaths | 2021 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 177 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.84 deaths | 2021 | down 78.1% | volatile |
| 178 | Fiji | 0.8 deaths | 2021 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 178 | Iraq | 0.8 deaths | 2021 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 180 | Tonga | 0.78 deaths | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 181 | Brunei | 0.76 deaths | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 182 | Kiribati | 0.58 deaths | 2021 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 183 | Marshall Islands | 0.51 deaths | 2021 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 184 | Seychelles | 0.41 deaths | 2021 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 185 | Maldives | 0.36 deaths | 2021 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 186 | Cook Islands | 0.33 deaths | 2021 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 187 | Andorra | 0.24 deaths | 2021 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 188 | Palau | 0.18 deaths | 2021 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 189 | Monaco | 0.15 deaths | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 190 | Nauru | 0.14 deaths | 2021 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 191 | Tuvalu | 0.13 deaths | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 192 | San Marino | 0.09 deaths | 2021 | down 40.0% | rising |
| 193 | Niue | 0.02 deaths | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 194 | North Macedonia | 0 deaths | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
Estimated number of deaths from alcohol use disorders in both sexes.