social2023

Drug use

Name: Drug use
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: social, %, drug, use

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•204 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

0.7%

Median: 0.5%

Countries Covered

204

with available data

Highest

United States of America

4.4%

Lowest

State of Palestine

0.1%

Top 5 Countries

1United States of America4.4%

2Canada2.3%

3Turkmenistan2.3%

4Mongolia2.1%

5Kyrgyzstan2.0%

By Region

North America2.2%(4 countries)

Oceania1.0%(2 countries)

Europe0.8%(32 countries)

Asia0.7%(26 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 (0.1%)High (4.4%)

Regional Comparison

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

North America (4)

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

Asia (26)

Other (124)

Africa (9)

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 ↕
1	United States of America	4.4%
2	Canada	2.3%
3	Turkmenistan	2.3%
4	Mongolia	2.1%
5	Kyrgyzstan	2.0%
6	Kazakhstan	2.0%
7	Moldova, Republic of	1.9%
8	Russian Federation	1.8%
9	Vietnam	1.7%
10	United Arab Emirates	1.5%
11	Puerto Rico	1.4%
12	Uzbekistan	1.4%
13	Thailand	1.4%
14	Kiribati	1.4%
15	Iceland	1.4%
16	Australia	1.3%
17	Estonia	1.3%
18	Islamic Republic of Iran	1.3%
19	Tajikistan	1.3%
20	United Kingdom	1.3%
21	Guatemala	1.2%
22	Luxembourg	1.2%
23	Mauritius	1.2%
24	Myanmar	1.2%
25	Ireland	1.2%
26	Seychelles	1.2%
27	Ukraine	1.1%
28	Sudan	1.1%
29	Chile	1.1%
30	Maldives	1.0%
31	Kenya	1.0%
32	Azerbaijan	1.0%
33	Norway	1.0%
34	Nicaragua	1.0%
35	France	1.0%
36	Spain	0.9%
37	Switzerland	0.9%
38	Finland	0.9%
39	Belarus	0.9%
40	Mexico	0.9%
41	Cambodia	0.9%
42	Malaysia	0.9%
43	Eswatini	0.8%
44	Brazil	0.8%
45	Lithuania	0.8%
46	Tonga	0.8%
47	South Africa	0.8%
48	Botswana	0.8%
49	Northern Mariana Islands	0.8%
50	Guam	0.8%
51	Denmark	0.8%
52	Paraguay	0.8%
53	Brunei Darussalam	0.8%
54	Vanuatu	0.8%
55	Solomon Islands	0.8%
56	Nigeria	0.8%
57	Latvia	0.8%
58	Costa Rica	0.7%
59	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.7%
60	New Zealand	0.7%
61	Timor-Leste	0.7%
62	Pakistan	0.7%
63	Sweden	0.7%
64	Lesotho	0.7%
65	Greenland	0.7%
66	Virgin Islands, U.S.	0.7%
67	Algeria	0.7%
68	Equatorial Guinea	0.7%
69	Andorra	0.7%
70	Kuwait	0.7%
71	Guyana	0.7%
72	Slovenia	0.7%
73	Morocco	0.7%
74	Georgia	0.7%
75	Slovakia	0.7%
76	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.6%
77	Iraq	0.6%
78	Poland	0.6%
79	Marshall Islands	0.6%
80	Taiwan, Province of China	0.6%
81	Belize	0.6%
82	El Salvador	0.6%
83	Serbia	0.6%
84	Philippines	0.6%
85	Romania	0.6%
86	Germany	0.6%
87	Honduras	0.6%
88	Italy	0.6%
89	Israel	0.6%
90	Sri Lanka	0.6%
91	Namibia	0.6%
92	Suriname	0.6%
93	Tuvalu	0.6%
94	Austria	0.6%
95	Belgium	0.6%
96	Bhutan	0.6%
97	Indonesia	0.6%
98	Albania	0.6%
99	Antigua and Barbuda	0.6%
100	Palau	0.6%
101	Bahrain	0.5%
102	Japan	0.5%
103	Bahamas	0.5%
104	Republic of the Congo	0.5%
105	Malta	0.5%
106	Tunisia	0.5%
107	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.5%
108	Nauru	0.5%
109	Monaco	0.5%
110	Portugal	0.5%
111	Haiti	0.5%
112	Libya	0.5%
113	United Republic of Tanzania	0.5%
114	Croatia	0.5%
115	India	0.5%
116	Gabon	0.5%
117	Czech Republic	0.5%
118	Bulgaria	0.5%
119	Zimbabwe	0.5%
120	Argentina	0.5%
121	Grenada	0.5%
122	Panama	0.5%
123	Samoa	0.5%
124	South Korea	0.5%
125	Qatar	0.5%
126	Oman	0.5%
127	The Republic of North Macedonia	0.5%
128	Venezuela	0.4%
129	Mozambique	0.4%
130	American Samoa	0.4%
131	Saudi Arabia	0.4%
132	North Korea	0.4%
133	Bangladesh	0.4%
134	People's Republic of China	0.4%
135	Republic of The Gambia	0.4%
136	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.4%
137	Saint Lucia	0.4%
138	Sao Tome and Principe	0.4%
139	Zambia	0.4%
140	Cote d'Ivoire	0.4%
141	Dominican Republic	0.4%
142	Greece	0.4%
143	Cook Islands	0.4%
144	Bermuda	0.4%
145	Singapore	0.4%
146	Djibouti	0.4%
147	Nepal	0.4%
148	Niue	0.4%
149	Netherlands	0.4%
150	Guinea-Bissau	0.4%
151	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.4%
152	Papua New Guinea	0.4%
153	Montenegro	0.4%
154	Uruguay	0.4%
155	Peru	0.4%
156	Colombia	0.4%
157	Cyprus	0.3%
158	Lebanon	0.3%
159	Ghana	0.3%
160	Tokelau	0.3%
161	Angola	0.3%
162	Trinidad and Tobago	0.3%
163	Rwanda	0.3%
164	Bolivia	0.3%
165	Togo	0.3%
166	Eritrea	0.3%
167	Cuba	0.3%
168	Madagascar	0.3%
169	Fiji	0.3%
170	Ethiopia	0.3%
171	Dominica	0.3%
172	San Marino	0.3%
173	Malawi	0.3%
174	Jamaica	0.3%
175	Ecuador	0.3%
176	Yemen	0.3%
177	Syrian Arab Republic	0.3%
178	Mauritania	0.3%
179	Hungary	0.3%
180	Liberia	0.3%
181	Barbados	0.3%
182	Egypt	0.2%
183	Senegal	0.2%
184	Sierra Leone	0.2%
185	Central African Republic	0.2%
186	Cape Verde	0.2%
187	Türkiye	0.2%
188	Armenia	0.2%
189	Guinea	0.2%
190	Cameroon	0.2%
191	Uganda	0.2%
192	South Sudan	0.2%
193	Burundi	0.2%
194	Jordan	0.2%
195	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.2%
196	Mali	0.2%
197	Benin	0.2%
198	Comoros	0.2%
199	Chad	0.1%
200	Afghanistan	0.1%
201	Somalia	0.1%
202	Burkina Faso	0.1%
203	Niger	0.1%
204	State of Palestine	0.1%

Showing 204 of 204 countries

Topics

#social #%#drug #use

Data Source

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

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