social2023
Total current number of individuals with drug use disorders
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
263,729.8cases
Median: 42,426.7cases
Countries Covered
204
with available data
Highest
United States of America
12,796,839.0cases
Lowest
Niue
10.5cases
Top 5 Countries
1United States of America12,796,839.0cases
2People's Republic of China7,348,874.0cases
3India6,073,948.0cases
4Brazil2,212,365.2cases
5Indonesia1,469,377.2cases
By Region
North America3,598,783.8cases(4 countries)
Asia817,349.6cases(26 countries)
South America506,234.7cases(7 countries)
Oceania321,616.0cases(2 countries)
Africa275,946.4cases(9 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (10.5cases)High (12,796,839.0cases)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 263,729.8cases)
North America (4)
Asia (26)
South America (7)
Oceania (2)
Africa (9)
Europe (32)
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 | 12,796,839.0cases |
| 2 | People's Republic of China | 7,348,874.0cases |
| 3 | India | 6,073,948.0cases |
| 4 | Brazil | 2,212,365.2cases |
| 5 | Indonesia | 1,469,377.2cases |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 1,429,425.2cases |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 1,200,997.8cases |
| 8 | Canada | 832,845.3cases |
| 9 | Pakistan | 779,767.5cases |
| 10 | Japan | 722,961.1cases |
| 11 | Mexico | 689,558.6cases |
| 12 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 682,969.8cases |
| 13 | Germany | 682,313.1cases |
| 14 | Philippines | 643,604.0cases |
| 15 | Vietnam | 615,734.5cases |
| 16 | France | 609,890.3cases |
| 17 | Spain | 595,244.9cases |
| 18 | Australia | 554,317.2cases |
| 19 | Bangladesh | 535,710.6cases |
| 20 | South Africa | 529,412.9cases |
| 21 | Nigeria | 486,810.8cases |
| 22 | Colombia | 478,894.8cases |
| 23 | Thailand | 435,313.0cases |
| 24 | Italy | 434,107.5cases |
| 25 | Egypt | 422,743.4cases |
| 26 | South Korea | 376,922.1cases |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 350,892.4cases |
| 28 | Argentina | 337,583.9cases |
| 29 | Myanmar | 326,023.8cases |
| 30 | Türkiye | 297,262.3cases |
| 31 | Ukraine | 264,890.8cases |
| 32 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 262,649.3cases |
| 33 | Poland | 257,938.3cases |
| 34 | United Republic of Tanzania | 225,348.9cases |
| 35 | Chile | 212,729.7cases |
| 36 | Iraq | 191,781.4cases |
| 37 | Algeria | 190,167.2cases |
| 38 | Malaysia | 188,902.8cases |
| 39 | Uzbekistan | 173,022.1cases |
| 40 | Morocco | 169,831.3cases |
| 41 | Peru | 165,801.8cases |
| 42 | Saudi Arabia | 158,848.4cases |
| 43 | Taiwan, Province of China | 158,568.8cases |
| 44 | Kazakhstan | 158,066.4cases |
| 45 | North Korea | 157,599.1cases |
| 46 | Afghanistan | 153,834.7cases |
| 47 | Netherlands | 152,715.8cases |
| 48 | Sudan | 149,519.5cases |
| 49 | Kenya | 140,396.3cases |
| 50 | Uganda | 140,348.4cases |
| 51 | Yemen | 125,148.4cases |
| 52 | Sri Lanka | 123,300.5cases |
| 53 | Haiti | 121,451.7cases |
| 54 | Nepal | 105,217.6cases |
| 55 | Dominican Republic | 103,101.3cases |
| 56 | Ecuador | 101,476.4cases |
| 57 | Mozambique | 100,127.3cases |
| 58 | Sweden | 100,050.2cases |
| 59 | Madagascar | 97,855.9cases |
| 60 | Switzerland | 97,414.6cases |
| 61 | Angola | 96,770.9cases |
| 62 | Ghana | 96,492.4cases |
| 63 | Cuba | 94,998.6cases |
| 64 | Czech Republic | 94,231.6cases |
| 65 | Belgium | 92,231.5cases |
| 66 | New Zealand | 88,914.8cases |
| 67 | Venezuela | 87,956.9cases |
| 68 | Cote d'Ivoire | 84,411.6cases |
| 69 | Cameroon | 81,881.1cases |
| 70 | Cambodia | 81,806.1cases |
| 71 | Papua New Guinea | 78,114.9cases |
| 72 | Guatemala | 75,892.4cases |
| 73 | Bolivia | 72,461.5cases |
| 74 | Austria | 72,027.3cases |
| 75 | Israel | 68,705.4cases |
| 76 | United Arab Emirates | 68,704.2cases |
| 77 | Malawi | 66,898.6cases |
| 78 | Syrian Arab Republic | 66,748.0cases |
| 79 | Zimbabwe | 63,779.7cases |
| 80 | Somalia | 62,221.9cases |
| 81 | Greece | 61,089.2cases |
| 82 | Ireland | 61,068.1cases |
| 83 | Belarus | 60,643.5cases |
| 84 | Zambia | 59,982.5cases |
| 85 | Finland | 59,771.7cases |
| 86 | Portugal | 58,726.6cases |
| 87 | Honduras | 58,640.9cases |
| 88 | Denmark | 58,289.6cases |
| 89 | Jordan | 57,141.1cases |
| 90 | Romania | 56,239.5cases |
| 91 | Norway | 55,920.5cases |
| 92 | Rwanda | 55,898.3cases |
| 93 | Niger | 54,343.7cases |
| 94 | Hungary | 53,869.4cases |
| 95 | Tajikistan | 53,133.8cases |
| 96 | Azerbaijan | 53,078.4cases |
| 97 | Puerto Rico | 50,851.2cases |
| 98 | Tunisia | 49,830.0cases |
| 99 | Burkina Faso | 49,821.2cases |
| 100 | Mali | 49,811.6cases |
| 101 | Senegal | 44,532.4cases |
| 102 | Burundi | 42,689.2cases |
| 103 | Paraguay | 42,164.2cases |
| 104 | Singapore | 40,649.7cases |
| 105 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 40,341.8cases |
| 106 | Libya | 39,682.4cases |
| 107 | Kyrgyzstan | 38,170.5cases |
| 108 | Chad | 38,106.6cases |
| 109 | Serbia | 37,818.5cases |
| 110 | Benin | 37,043.1cases |
| 111 | Bulgaria | 36,667.7cases |
| 112 | Uruguay | 34,790.8cases |
| 113 | Turkmenistan | 34,151.2cases |
| 114 | Jamaica | 33,816.9cases |
| 115 | Nicaragua | 33,201.3cases |
| 116 | South Sudan | 30,715.2cases |
| 117 | Lebanon | 30,633.7cases |
| 118 | Guinea | 29,929.1cases |
| 119 | Costa Rica | 29,619.0cases |
| 120 | Slovakia | 28,551.6cases |
| 121 | El Salvador | 26,877.9cases |
| 122 | Kuwait | 25,736.1cases |
| 123 | State of Palestine | 25,212.5cases |
| 124 | Lithuania | 24,607.9cases |
| 125 | Panama | 23,973.2cases |
| 126 | Croatia | 23,761.1cases |
| 127 | Eritrea | 22,428.0cases |
| 128 | Oman | 22,303.1cases |
| 129 | Estonia | 20,943.0cases |
| 130 | Sierra Leone | 20,923.3cases |
| 131 | Moldova, Republic of | 19,665.3cases |
| 132 | Mongolia | 19,356.5cases |
| 133 | Liberia | 18,800.0cases |
| 134 | Republic of the Congo | 18,176.8cases |
| 135 | Togo | 18,016.1cases |
| 136 | Central African Republic | 16,610.2cases |
| 137 | Qatar | 15,887.4cases |
| 138 | Georgia | 15,319.7cases |
| 139 | Latvia | 14,765.9cases |
| 140 | Armenia | 14,744.6cases |
| 141 | Namibia | 14,304.3cases |
| 142 | Slovenia | 13,810.0cases |
| 143 | Albania | 11,666.2cases |
| 144 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10,847.8cases |
| 145 | Mauritania | 10,739.5cases |
| 146 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10,146.0cases |
| 147 | Botswana | 10,019.0cases |
| 148 | Mauritius | 9,286.6cases |
| 149 | Lesotho | 9,026.9cases |
| 150 | Cyprus | 8,913.7cases |
| 151 | Timor-Leste | 8,318.4cases |
| 152 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 7,364.7cases |
| 153 | Bahrain | 7,229.5cases |
| 154 | Guyana | 7,144.4cases |
| 155 | Luxembourg | 6,538.9cases |
| 156 | Fiji | 6,397.6cases |
| 157 | Republic of The Gambia | 6,126.5cases |
| 158 | Solomon Islands | 5,972.6cases |
| 159 | Eswatini | 5,882.9cases |
| 160 | Gabon | 5,742.1cases |
| 161 | Equatorial Guinea | 5,510.0cases |
| 162 | Suriname | 5,255.6cases |
| 163 | Guinea-Bissau | 4,961.5cases |
| 164 | Iceland | 4,720.8cases |
| 165 | Malta | 4,627.5cases |
| 166 | Djibouti | 4,574.8cases |
| 167 | Belize | 4,507.0cases |
| 168 | Bahamas | 4,328.1cases |
| 169 | Brunei Darussalam | 4,160.2cases |
| 170 | Maldives | 3,819.9cases |
| 171 | Barbados | 3,019.1cases |
| 172 | Montenegro | 2,797.7cases |
| 173 | Comoros | 2,786.1cases |
| 174 | Bhutan | 2,727.6cases |
| 175 | Vanuatu | 2,102.4cases |
| 176 | Samoa | 2,097.6cases |
| 177 | Saint Lucia | 2,062.2cases |
| 178 | Cape Verde | 1,337.3cases |
| 179 | Grenada | 1,266.2cases |
| 180 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,125.9cases |
| 181 | Guam | 1,062.9cases |
| 182 | Kiribati | 1,009.3cases |
| 183 | Antigua and Barbuda | 966.8cases |
| 184 | Greenland | 844.3cases |
| 185 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 839.2cases |
| 186 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 796.6cases |
| 187 | Dominica | 789.7cases |
| 188 | Tonga | 748.1cases |
| 189 | Seychelles | 707.7cases |
| 190 | Andorra | 697.6cases |
| 191 | Sao Tome and Principe | 595.9cases |
| 192 | Bermuda | 577.1cases |
| 193 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 449.0cases |
| 194 | Northern Mariana Islands | 367.1cases |
| 195 | American Samoa | 331.0cases |
| 196 | Marshall Islands | 312.6cases |
| 197 | Monaco | 258.3cases |
| 198 | San Marino | 251.0cases |
| 199 | Palau | 122.0cases |
| 200 | Nauru | 94.0cases |
| 201 | Cook Islands | 87.7cases |
| 202 | Tuvalu | 79.0cases |
| 203 | Tokelau | 11.6cases |
| 204 | Niue | 10.5cases |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).
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