social2023
Drug use (risk factor)
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.
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Key Insights
Global Average
2,410.0deaths
Median: 286.0deaths
Countries Covered
204
with available data
Highest
United States of America
135,573.5deaths
Lowest
Tokelau
0.0deaths
Top 5 Countries
1United States of America135,573.5deaths
2India48,195.2deaths
3People's Republic of China44,130.9deaths
4Russian Federation32,399.9deaths
5Nigeria13,522.8deaths
By Region
North America37,810.6deaths(4 countries)
Asia6,396.9deaths(26 countries)
Africa3,357.9deaths(9 countries)
South America2,511.5deaths(7 countries)
Europe1,531.0deaths(32 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0deaths)High (135,573.5deaths)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 2,410.0deaths)
North America (4)
Asia (26)
Africa (9)
South America (7)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
Other (124)
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 ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 135,573.5deaths |
| 2 | India | 48,195.2deaths |
| 3 | People's Republic of China | 44,130.9deaths |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 32,399.9deaths |
| 5 | Nigeria | 13,522.8deaths |
| 6 | Brazil | 12,395.9deaths |
| 7 | Vietnam | 11,164.8deaths |
| 8 | Indonesia | 10,510.1deaths |
| 9 | Pakistan | 9,938.2deaths |
| 10 | Japan | 8,819.9deaths |
| 11 | Thailand | 8,462.0deaths |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 8,349.5deaths |
| 13 | Canada | 7,347.2deaths |
| 14 | Mexico | 7,217.1deaths |
| 15 | Myanmar | 6,786.2deaths |
| 16 | Germany | 6,264.9deaths |
| 17 | France | 6,061.9deaths |
| 18 | Ukraine | 6,055.2deaths |
| 19 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 4,743.6deaths |
| 20 | South Africa | 4,696.5deaths |
| 21 | Bangladesh | 4,576.6deaths |
| 22 | Spain | 4,211.8deaths |
| 23 | Philippines | 4,111.2deaths |
| 24 | Italy | 4,066.2deaths |
| 25 | Uzbekistan | 2,946.7deaths |
| 26 | Kenya | 2,862.7deaths |
| 27 | Poland | 2,644.7deaths |
| 28 | Sudan | 2,632.3deaths |
| 29 | Kazakhstan | 2,617.5deaths |
| 30 | Australia | 2,419.8deaths |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 2,325.5deaths |
| 32 | Morocco | 1,861.9deaths |
| 33 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1,807.6deaths |
| 34 | Argentina | 1,763.6deaths |
| 35 | Egypt | 1,680.7deaths |
| 36 | South Korea | 1,651.6deaths |
| 37 | Malaysia | 1,633.1deaths |
| 38 | Algeria | 1,629.6deaths |
| 39 | Romania | 1,524.7deaths |
| 40 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,483.4deaths |
| 41 | Iraq | 1,448.9deaths |
| 42 | Chile | 1,318.6deaths |
| 43 | Taiwan, Province of China | 1,317.2deaths |
| 44 | Türkiye | 1,279.4deaths |
| 45 | Belarus | 1,115.0deaths |
| 46 | Guatemala | 1,104.7deaths |
| 47 | Sri Lanka | 1,060.5deaths |
| 48 | Mozambique | 1,032.5deaths |
| 49 | North Korea | 992.6deaths |
| 50 | Venezuela | 975.6deaths |
| 51 | Colombia | 943.0deaths |
| 52 | Cote d'Ivoire | 920.3deaths |
| 53 | Cambodia | 910.8deaths |
| 54 | Angola | 827.3deaths |
| 55 | Turkmenistan | 826.4deaths |
| 56 | Ghana | 814.1deaths |
| 57 | Peru | 750.1deaths |
| 58 | Serbia | 745.0deaths |
| 59 | Moldova, Republic of | 712.6deaths |
| 60 | Azerbaijan | 709.4deaths |
| 61 | Madagascar | 679.2deaths |
| 62 | Nepal | 675.4deaths |
| 63 | Sweden | 673.9deaths |
| 64 | Switzerland | 654.8deaths |
| 65 | Tajikistan | 638.3deaths |
| 66 | Kyrgyzstan | 637.2deaths |
| 67 | Haiti | 632.7deaths |
| 68 | Netherlands | 630.9deaths |
| 69 | Belgium | 628.6deaths |
| 70 | Portugal | 603.4deaths |
| 71 | Uganda | 584.7deaths |
| 72 | Zambia | 573.4deaths |
| 73 | Finland | 560.0deaths |
| 74 | Cameroon | 554.6deaths |
| 75 | Zimbabwe | 545.6deaths |
| 76 | Czech Republic | 539.6deaths |
| 77 | Greece | 509.9deaths |
| 78 | Austria | 501.2deaths |
| 79 | Puerto Rico | 495.9deaths |
| 80 | Bulgaria | 483.9deaths |
| 81 | Denmark | 456.0deaths |
| 82 | Malawi | 449.5deaths |
| 83 | Norway | 443.2deaths |
| 84 | Saudi Arabia | 431.6deaths |
| 85 | Ireland | 421.3deaths |
| 86 | Tunisia | 412.8deaths |
| 87 | Yemen | 403.6deaths |
| 88 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 390.1deaths |
| 89 | Mongolia | 383.6deaths |
| 90 | Slovakia | 357.7deaths |
| 91 | Mali | 357.5deaths |
| 92 | Cuba | 341.6deaths |
| 93 | Hungary | 333.4deaths |
| 94 | Paraguay | 333.3deaths |
| 95 | Lithuania | 322.4deaths |
| 96 | Rwanda | 321.2deaths |
| 97 | Dominican Republic | 302.8deaths |
| 98 | Israel | 297.4deaths |
| 99 | El Salvador | 296.2deaths |
| 100 | Honduras | 290.3deaths |
| 101 | Georgia | 289.8deaths |
| 102 | New Zealand | 287.3deaths |
| 103 | Ecuador | 284.7deaths |
| 104 | Chad | 283.8deaths |
| 105 | Nicaragua | 282.4deaths |
| 106 | Papua New Guinea | 256.4deaths |
| 107 | Guinea | 255.6deaths |
| 108 | Croatia | 254.8deaths |
| 109 | Senegal | 250.9deaths |
| 110 | Syrian Arab Republic | 250.4deaths |
| 111 | Libya | 248.2deaths |
| 112 | Bolivia | 242.9deaths |
| 113 | Afghanistan | 236.9deaths |
| 114 | Republic of the Congo | 232.3deaths |
| 115 | Burundi | 227.4deaths |
| 116 | Niger | 223.4deaths |
| 117 | Costa Rica | 217.0deaths |
| 118 | Estonia | 215.4deaths |
| 119 | Latvia | 210.4deaths |
| 120 | South Sudan | 208.7deaths |
| 121 | United Arab Emirates | 208.0deaths |
| 122 | Somalia | 202.7deaths |
| 123 | Togo | 188.1deaths |
| 124 | Burkina Faso | 183.2deaths |
| 125 | Sierra Leone | 181.5deaths |
| 126 | Central African Republic | 177.2deaths |
| 127 | Eritrea | 174.0deaths |
| 128 | Benin | 167.0deaths |
| 129 | Lesotho | 161.2deaths |
| 130 | Mauritius | 154.8deaths |
| 131 | Slovenia | 144.5deaths |
| 132 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 139.8deaths |
| 133 | Botswana | 137.2deaths |
| 134 | Liberia | 125.4deaths |
| 135 | Uruguay | 124.4deaths |
| 136 | Namibia | 124.1deaths |
| 137 | Albania | 117.3deaths |
| 138 | Panama | 106.3deaths |
| 139 | Lebanon | 104.1deaths |
| 140 | Singapore | 101.6deaths |
| 141 | Eswatini | 100.4deaths |
| 142 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 95.2deaths |
| 143 | Equatorial Guinea | 80.3deaths |
| 144 | Jordan | 78.5deaths |
| 145 | Mauritania | 73.5deaths |
| 146 | Gabon | 69.5deaths |
| 147 | Timor-Leste | 66.8deaths |
| 148 | Republic of The Gambia | 66.2deaths |
| 149 | Guinea-Bissau | 64.8deaths |
| 150 | Kuwait | 61.8deaths |
| 151 | Jamaica | 57.0deaths |
| 152 | Oman | 55.7deaths |
| 153 | Solomon Islands | 53.6deaths |
| 154 | Armenia | 52.9deaths |
| 155 | Luxembourg | 52.0deaths |
| 156 | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.4deaths |
| 157 | Guyana | 45.4deaths |
| 158 | Iceland | 35.9deaths |
| 159 | Cyprus | 35.1deaths |
| 160 | Djibouti | 31.9deaths |
| 161 | Bhutan | 27.9deaths |
| 162 | Bahrain | 25.9deaths |
| 163 | Suriname | 25.7deaths |
| 164 | Montenegro | 25.2deaths |
| 165 | Fiji | 24.6deaths |
| 166 | State of Palestine | 23.2deaths |
| 167 | Malta | 22.0deaths |
| 168 | Maldives | 20.1deaths |
| 169 | Bahamas | 17.0deaths |
| 170 | Brunei Darussalam | 15.6deaths |
| 171 | Qatar | 14.7deaths |
| 172 | Vanuatu | 14.5deaths |
| 173 | Belize | 12.8deaths |
| 174 | Kiribati | 9.6deaths |
| 175 | Guam | 9.5deaths |
| 176 | Seychelles | 9.3deaths |
| 177 | Barbados | 8.2deaths |
| 178 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 7.1deaths |
| 179 | Comoros | 7.0deaths |
| 180 | Samoa | 6.5deaths |
| 181 | Cape Verde | 6.5deaths |
| 182 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 6.4deaths |
| 183 | Tonga | 6.1deaths |
| 184 | Saint Lucia | 5.4deaths |
| 185 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.8deaths |
| 186 | Grenada | 4.8deaths |
| 187 | Andorra | 4.5deaths |
| 188 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.3deaths |
| 189 | Greenland | 3.7deaths |
| 190 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.4deaths |
| 191 | Northern Mariana Islands | 3.0deaths |
| 192 | Monaco | 2.8deaths |
| 193 | Bermuda | 2.4deaths |
| 194 | Marshall Islands | 2.3deaths |
| 195 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.0deaths |
| 196 | Dominica | 1.9deaths |
| 197 | American Samoa | 1.7deaths |
| 198 | Palau | 1.1deaths |
| 199 | San Marino | 0.8deaths |
| 200 | Tuvalu | 0.7deaths |
| 201 | Nauru | 0.6deaths |
| 202 | Cook Islands | 0.6deaths |
| 203 | Niue | 0.1deaths |
| 204 | Tokelau | 0.0deaths |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).
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