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Age-standardized deaths from drug use disorders per 100,000 people

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data204 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
1.3deaths per 100,000 people
Median: 0.6deaths per 100,000 people
Countries Covered
204
with available data
Highest
United States of America
26.0deaths per 100,000 people
Lowest
Palau
0.0deaths per 100,000 people
Top 5 Countries
1United States of America26.0deaths per 100,000 people
2Canada14.5deaths per 100,000 people
3Puerto Rico12.2deaths per 100,000 people
4United Kingdom6.8deaths per 100,000 people
5Russian Federation6.3deaths per 100,000 people
By Region
North America10.6deaths per 100,000 people(4 countries)
Oceania3.5deaths per 100,000 people(2 countries)
Europe2.5deaths per 100,000 people(32 countries)
Africa1.0deaths per 100,000 people(9 countries)
Asia0.9deaths per 100,000 people(26 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0deaths per 100,000 people)High (26.0deaths per 100,000 people)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 1.3deaths per 100,000 people)

North America (4)
Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
Africa (9)
Asia (26)
Other (124)
South America (7)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1United States of America26.0deaths per 100,000 people
2Canada14.5deaths per 100,000 people
3Puerto Rico12.2deaths per 100,000 people
4United Kingdom6.8deaths per 100,000 people
5Russian Federation6.3deaths per 100,000 people
6Iceland6.0deaths per 100,000 people
7Virgin Islands, U.S.5.8deaths per 100,000 people
8Finland5.8deaths per 100,000 people
9Estonia5.0deaths per 100,000 people
10Ireland4.7deaths per 100,000 people
11Denmark4.4deaths per 100,000 people
12Australia4.3deaths per 100,000 people
13Norway4.1deaths per 100,000 people
14Sweden4.0deaths per 100,000 people
15Kiribati4.0deaths per 100,000 people
16Lithuania3.7deaths per 100,000 people
17Islamic Republic of Iran3.1deaths per 100,000 people
18Switzerland3.0deaths per 100,000 people
19Bangladesh2.9deaths per 100,000 people
20Mauritius2.8deaths per 100,000 people
21Luxembourg2.7deaths per 100,000 people
22Latvia2.7deaths per 100,000 people
23Greece2.7deaths per 100,000 people
24Belarus2.6deaths per 100,000 people
25New Zealand2.6deaths per 100,000 people
26Greenland2.6deaths per 100,000 people
27Iraq2.4deaths per 100,000 people
28Morocco2.4deaths per 100,000 people
29Libya2.2deaths per 100,000 people
30Algeria2.2deaths per 100,000 people
31Austria2.1deaths per 100,000 people
32Croatia2.1deaths per 100,000 people
33Germany2.0deaths per 100,000 people
34Tunisia2.0deaths per 100,000 people
35France1.9deaths per 100,000 people
36Belgium1.9deaths per 100,000 people
37Ukraine1.9deaths per 100,000 people
38Turkmenistan1.7deaths per 100,000 people
39Sudan1.7deaths per 100,000 people
40Spain1.6deaths per 100,000 people
41Bermuda1.6deaths per 100,000 people
42Grenada1.6deaths per 100,000 people
43Vietnam1.6deaths per 100,000 people
44Eritrea1.6deaths per 100,000 people
45South Africa1.5deaths per 100,000 people
46Guatemala1.5deaths per 100,000 people
47Kazakhstan1.5deaths per 100,000 people
48Malta1.5deaths per 100,000 people
49Rwanda1.5deaths per 100,000 people
50South Sudan1.5deaths per 100,000 people
51Slovenia1.5deaths per 100,000 people
52Zambia1.4deaths per 100,000 people
53Cyprus1.4deaths per 100,000 people
54Netherlands1.4deaths per 100,000 people
55Israel1.4deaths per 100,000 people
56Taiwan, Province of China1.4deaths per 100,000 people
57Kyrgyzstan1.4deaths per 100,000 people
58Madagascar1.3deaths per 100,000 people
59Uganda1.3deaths per 100,000 people
60Equatorial Guinea1.2deaths per 100,000 people
61Poland1.2deaths per 100,000 people
62Portugal1.2deaths per 100,000 people
63Djibouti1.2deaths per 100,000 people
64Burundi1.2deaths per 100,000 people
65Albania1.1deaths per 100,000 people
66Ethiopia1.1deaths per 100,000 people
67Guam1.1deaths per 100,000 people
68Moldova, Republic of1.0deaths per 100,000 people
69United Arab Emirates1.0deaths per 100,000 people
70Czech Republic1.0deaths per 100,000 people
71Malawi1.0deaths per 100,000 people
72Romania0.9deaths per 100,000 people
73Northern Mariana Islands0.9deaths per 100,000 people
74Antigua and Barbuda0.9deaths per 100,000 people
75Yemen0.9deaths per 100,000 people
76Kuwait0.9deaths per 100,000 people
77Serbia0.9deaths per 100,000 people
78Bulgaria0.8deaths per 100,000 people
79Andorra0.8deaths per 100,000 people
80Seychelles0.8deaths per 100,000 people
81Honduras0.8deaths per 100,000 people
82Sri Lanka0.8deaths per 100,000 people
83Italy0.8deaths per 100,000 people
84Syrian Arab Republic0.7deaths per 100,000 people
85Georgia0.7deaths per 100,000 people
86The Republic of North Macedonia0.7deaths per 100,000 people
87Brazil0.7deaths per 100,000 people
88Türkiye0.7deaths per 100,000 people
89United Republic of Tanzania0.7deaths per 100,000 people
90Mongolia0.7deaths per 100,000 people
91Bolivia0.7deaths per 100,000 people
92Peru0.7deaths per 100,000 people
93Kenya0.6deaths per 100,000 people
94Namibia0.6deaths per 100,000 people
95Gabon0.6deaths per 100,000 people
96Brunei Darussalam0.6deaths per 100,000 people
97Sierra Leone0.6deaths per 100,000 people
98Angola0.6deaths per 100,000 people
99North Korea0.6deaths per 100,000 people
100Democratic Republic of the Congo0.6deaths per 100,000 people
101Slovakia0.6deaths per 100,000 people
102Afghanistan0.6deaths per 100,000 people
103Republic of the Congo0.6deaths per 100,000 people
104Eswatini0.6deaths per 100,000 people
105Costa Rica0.6deaths per 100,000 people
106Suriname0.5deaths per 100,000 people
107Sao Tome and Principe0.5deaths per 100,000 people
108Hungary0.5deaths per 100,000 people
109Lebanon0.5deaths per 100,000 people
110Ecuador0.5deaths per 100,000 people
111Uzbekistan0.5deaths per 100,000 people
112Lesotho0.5deaths per 100,000 people
113Mexico0.5deaths per 100,000 people
114People's Republic of China0.5deaths per 100,000 people
115Botswana0.5deaths per 100,000 people
116Bhutan0.5deaths per 100,000 people
117Uruguay0.5deaths per 100,000 people
118Chile0.5deaths per 100,000 people
119India0.4deaths per 100,000 people
120Panama0.4deaths per 100,000 people
121Azerbaijan0.4deaths per 100,000 people
122Bosnia and Herzegovina0.4deaths per 100,000 people
123Somalia0.4deaths per 100,000 people
124Colombia0.4deaths per 100,000 people
125Comoros0.4deaths per 100,000 people
126El Salvador0.4deaths per 100,000 people
127Pakistan0.4deaths per 100,000 people
128Trinidad and Tobago0.3deaths per 100,000 people
129Haiti0.3deaths per 100,000 people
130Tajikistan0.3deaths per 100,000 people
131Saint Lucia0.3deaths per 100,000 people
132Nepal0.3deaths per 100,000 people
133Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.3deaths per 100,000 people
134Bahrain0.3deaths per 100,000 people
135Malaysia0.3deaths per 100,000 people
136Maldives0.3deaths per 100,000 people
137Dominica0.3deaths per 100,000 people
138Dominican Republic0.3deaths per 100,000 people
139Armenia0.3deaths per 100,000 people
140American Samoa0.3deaths per 100,000 people
141Guyana0.3deaths per 100,000 people
142Central African Republic0.3deaths per 100,000 people
143Paraguay0.3deaths per 100,000 people
144Montenegro0.3deaths per 100,000 people
145Saint Kitts and Nevis0.2deaths per 100,000 people
146Myanmar0.2deaths per 100,000 people
147Oman0.2deaths per 100,000 people
148Nicaragua0.2deaths per 100,000 people
149Bahamas0.2deaths per 100,000 people
150Lao People's Democratic Republic0.2deaths per 100,000 people
151Nauru0.2deaths per 100,000 people
152Indonesia0.2deaths per 100,000 people
153Singapore0.2deaths per 100,000 people
154Thailand0.2deaths per 100,000 people
155Philippines0.2deaths per 100,000 people
156Japan0.2deaths per 100,000 people
157Jamaica0.2deaths per 100,000 people
158Tuvalu0.2deaths per 100,000 people
159Egypt0.2deaths per 100,000 people
160Barbados0.2deaths per 100,000 people
161Mozambique0.2deaths per 100,000 people
162Argentina0.2deaths per 100,000 people
163Saudi Arabia0.2deaths per 100,000 people
164South Korea0.2deaths per 100,000 people
165Timor-Leste0.2deaths per 100,000 people
166Cuba0.2deaths per 100,000 people
167Niue0.1deaths per 100,000 people
168Jordan0.1deaths per 100,000 people
169Monaco0.1deaths per 100,000 people
170Belize0.1deaths per 100,000 people
171Marshall Islands0.1deaths per 100,000 people
172Cambodia0.1deaths per 100,000 people
173Qatar0.1deaths per 100,000 people
174Cameroon0.1deaths per 100,000 people
175San Marino0.1deaths per 100,000 people
176Liberia0.1deaths per 100,000 people
177Mauritania0.1deaths per 100,000 people
178Nigeria0.1deaths per 100,000 people
179Cape Verde0.1deaths per 100,000 people
180Solomon Islands0.1deaths per 100,000 people
181Micronesia, Federated States of0.1deaths per 100,000 people
182Fiji0.1deaths per 100,000 people
183Cote d'Ivoire0.1deaths per 100,000 people
184Samoa0.1deaths per 100,000 people
185Zimbabwe0.1deaths per 100,000 people
186Cook Islands0.1deaths per 100,000 people
187Tonga0.1deaths per 100,000 people
188Chad0.1deaths per 100,000 people
189Papua New Guinea0.1deaths per 100,000 people
190Tokelau0.1deaths per 100,000 people
191Senegal0.1deaths per 100,000 people
192Togo0.1deaths per 100,000 people
193Guinea0.1deaths per 100,000 people
194Vanuatu0.1deaths per 100,000 people
195Benin0.1deaths per 100,000 people
196Mali0.1deaths per 100,000 people
197Niger0.1deaths per 100,000 people
198Guinea-Bissau0.1deaths per 100,000 people
199Republic of The Gambia0.1deaths per 100,000 people
200Burkina Faso0.1deaths per 100,000 people
201Ghana0.0deaths per 100,000 people
202Venezuela0.0deaths per 100,000 people
203State of Palestine0.0deaths per 100,000 people
204Palau0.0deaths per 100,000 people
Showing 204 of 204 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).

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