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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.

Source: Our World in Data204 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
0.7%
Median: 0.6%
Countries Covered
204
with available data
Highest
United States of America
4.0%
Lowest
Togo
0.2%
Top 5 Countries
1United States of America4.0%
2Canada2.4%
3Australia2.2%
4United Kingdom1.9%
5Puerto Rico1.9%
By Region
Oceania2.0%(2 countries)
North America1.8%(4 countries)
Europe1.0%(32 countries)
South America0.8%(7 countries)
Other0.6%(124 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.2%)High (4.0%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.7%)

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

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 America4.0%
2Canada2.4%
3Australia2.2%
4United Kingdom1.9%
5Puerto Rico1.9%
6New Zealand1.9%
7Estonia1.8%
8Greenland1.5%
9Spain1.5%
10Virgin Islands, U.S.1.3%
11Switzerland1.3%
12Ireland1.2%
13Finland1.2%
14Iceland1.2%
15Saint Lucia1.2%
16Bermuda1.2%
17Dominica1.1%
18Chile1.1%
19Grenada1.1%
20Barbados1.1%
21Czech Republic1.1%
22Jamaica1.1%
23Uruguay1.1%
24Denmark1.1%
25Antigua and Barbuda1.1%
26Norway1.1%
27Luxembourg1.0%
28Sweden1.0%
29Russian Federation1.0%
30Brazil1.0%
31Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1.0%
32France1.0%
33Samoa1.0%
34Lithuania1.0%
35Belize1.0%
36Germany1.0%
37Cuba1.0%
38Netherlands1.0%
39Bahamas1.0%
40Saint Kitts and Nevis0.9%
41Latvia0.9%
42Italy0.9%
43Austria0.9%
44Belgium0.9%
45San Marino0.9%
46Suriname0.9%
47Monaco0.9%
48Colombia0.9%
49Dominican Republic0.9%
50Andorra0.9%
51Malta0.9%
52Slovenia0.8%
53Haiti0.8%
54Kazakhstan0.8%
55Trinidad and Tobago0.8%
56South Korea0.8%
57Guyana0.8%
58Brunei Darussalam0.8%
59Singapore0.8%
60Poland0.8%
61Northern Mariana Islands0.8%
62Ukraine0.8%
63Croatia0.8%
64Thailand0.7%
65South Africa0.7%
66Japan0.7%
67Islamic Republic of Iran0.7%
68Taiwan, Province of China0.7%
69Kiribati0.7%
70Israel0.7%
71Mauritius0.7%
72Belarus0.7%
73Bulgaria0.7%
74Palau0.7%
75Guam0.7%
76Micronesia, Federated States of0.7%
77Nauru0.7%
78Greece0.7%
79Tonga0.7%
80Marshall Islands0.7%
81Tokelau0.7%
82Tuvalu0.7%
83American Samoa0.7%
84Argentina0.7%
85Seychelles0.7%
86Niue0.7%
87Papua New Guinea0.7%
88Fiji0.7%
89Cook Islands0.7%
90Portugal0.7%
91Hungary0.7%
92Cyprus0.7%
93Solomon Islands0.6%
94Slovakia0.6%
95Paraguay0.6%
96Vietnam0.6%
97Vanuatu0.6%
98United Arab Emirates0.6%
99Turkmenistan0.6%
100Moldova, Republic of0.6%
101Mongolia0.6%
102People's Republic of China0.6%
103North Korea0.6%
104Maldives0.6%
105Panama0.6%
106Bolivia0.6%
107Sri Lanka0.5%
108Ecuador0.5%
109Armenia0.5%
110Myanmar0.5%
111Timor-Leste0.5%
112Costa Rica0.5%
113Albania0.5%
114Kyrgyzstan0.5%
115Lebanon0.5%
116Philippines0.5%
117Honduras0.5%
118Azerbaijan0.5%
119Mexico0.5%
120Tajikistan0.5%
121Malaysia0.5%
122Uzbekistan0.5%
123Lao People's Democratic Republic0.5%
124Libya0.5%
125Georgia0.5%
126Indonesia0.5%
127Montenegro0.5%
128Eswatini0.5%
129Kuwait0.5%
130Namibia0.5%
131Serbia0.5%
132Cambodia0.5%
133Afghanistan0.5%
134Nicaragua0.4%
135The Republic of North Macedonia0.4%
136Lesotho0.4%
137Peru0.4%
138State of Palestine0.4%
139Morocco0.4%
140Algeria0.4%
141Zimbabwe0.4%
142Guatemala0.4%
143Tunisia0.4%
144Iraq0.4%
145Botswana0.4%
146El Salvador0.4%
147Saudi Arabia0.4%
148Qatar0.4%
149Jordan0.4%
150Bahrain0.4%
151Egypt0.4%
152India0.4%
153Sudan0.4%
154Oman0.4%
155Rwanda0.4%
156Bosnia and Herzegovina0.4%
157Syrian Arab Republic0.4%
158Yemen0.4%
159Venezuela0.4%
160United Republic of Tanzania0.3%
161Pakistan0.3%
162Romania0.3%
163Türkiye0.3%
164Bhutan0.3%
165Nepal0.3%
166Djibouti0.3%
167Mozambique0.3%
168Eritrea0.3%
169Equatorial Guinea0.3%
170Uganda0.3%
171Comoros0.3%
172Malawi0.3%
173Somalia0.3%
174South Sudan0.3%
175Madagascar0.3%
176Burundi0.3%
177Gabon0.3%
178Ethiopia0.3%
179Liberia0.3%
180Republic of the Congo0.3%
181Angola0.3%
182Zambia0.3%
183Democratic Republic of the Congo0.3%
184Bangladesh0.3%
185Central African Republic0.3%
186Ghana0.3%
187Benin0.3%
188Kenya0.3%
189Sao Tome and Principe0.3%
190Cameroon0.2%
191Cape Verde0.2%
192Mauritania0.2%
193Sierra Leone0.2%
194Senegal0.2%
195Republic of The Gambia0.2%
196Cote d'Ivoire0.2%
197Niger0.2%
198Chad0.2%
199Mali0.2%
200Guinea-Bissau0.2%
201Burkina Faso0.2%
202Guinea0.2%
203Nigeria0.2%
204Togo0.2%
Showing 204 of 204 countries

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Data Source

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

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