Most Cocaine Use by Country 2025

Cocaine Use Disorder Rate (GBD) 2021 (per 100k)

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Country	Cocaine Use Disorder Rate (GBD) 2021 (per 100k)↓	Cocaine Use Disorder (GBD) 2021 (%)	Death Rate Due to Cocaine Use Disorder (GBD) 2021	People w/ Cocaine Use Disorder (GBD) 2021	Cocaine Use (UN) (%)	Age Range Surveyed (UN)	Data Year (UN)
United States	479	0.5%	2.1	1,593,057	2.4%	15-64	2020
Argentina	278	0.29%	0.02	126,308	1.67%	15-64	2017
Canada	273	0.29%	1.03	102,327	1.47%	15-64	2015
Greenland	248	0.26%	0.29	139	0.4%		2003
Uruguay	245	0.26%	0.07	8,332	2.1%	15-65	2018
Australia	236	0.25%	0.04	60,792	4.2%	14+	2019
Spain	236	0.25%	0.09	107,323	2.4%	15-64	2022
Chile	223	0.23%	0.05	41,912	0.76%	15-64	2020
Brazil	209	0.21%	0.47	460,549	1%	15-64	2016
United Kingdom	199	0.21%	0.28	134,977	2.67%	16-59	2017
Grenada	198	0.2%	0.38	203	0.9%		2003
Dominica	188	0.19%	0.31	126
Netherlands	177	0.19%	0.07	30,381	3%	15-64	2022
Iceland	168	0.18%	0.35	588	1.06%	15-64	2015
Jamaica	160	0.16%	0.05	4,490	0.98%	15-64	2010
Brunei	158	0.17%	0.06	713
Ireland	153	0.16%	0.16	7,563	2.4%	15-64	2019
Austria	149	0.16%	0.05	13,427	2.42%	15-64	2020
Puerto Rico	146	0.15%	1.73	4,815
Mexico	146	0.15%	0.22	188,182	0.8%	12-65	2016
Denmark	139	0.15%	0.25	8,160	1.6%	16-64	2017
Colombia	131	0.14%	0.16	64,399	0.62%	12-65	2019
Haiti	128	0.13%	0.18	16,504	0.2%	15-64	2018
Germany	127	0.13%	0.1	108,255	1.6%	18-64	2021
Andorra	125	0.13%	0.01	107
New Zealand	122	0.13%	0.02	6,330	1.1%	15-64	2022
South Korea	122	0.13%	0.02	62,739	0.03%	15-64	2004
Singapore	121	0.13%	0.01	6,958	0%		2004
Cyprus	121	0.13%	0.06	1,646	0.2%	15-64	2016
Bolivia	121	0.13%	0.25	14,274	0.74%	15-64	2018
Trinidad and Tobago	121	0.12%	0.27	1,685	0.48%	15-64	2010
Belgium	120	0.13%	0.11	13,789	1.5%	15-64	2018
Suriname	118	0.12%	0.26	685	0.25%	12-65	2013
United States Virgin Islands	118	0.12%	1.21	101
South Africa	118	0.12%	0.15	66,970	1.02%	15-64	2011
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	116	0.12%	0.07	133	0.7%		2002
Antigua and Barbuda	113	0.12%	0.15	101
San Marino	109	0.11%		36
Saint Kitts and Nevis	108	0.11%	0.1	63
Monaco	105	0.11%	0.01	40
Switzerland	105	0.11%	0.13	9,345	1.6%	15-64	2017
Belize	104	0.11%	0.05	448	0.85%	15-65	2005
Luxembourg	100	0.11%	0.17	647	0.5%	15-64	2019
Bahamas	96.5	0.1%	0.09	375	0.05%	12-65	2017
Bermuda	95.9	0.1%	0.43	61	1.3%	16-64	2009
Italy	93	0.1%	0.03	55,628	1.21%	15-64	2017
Dominican Republic	92.7	0.1%	0.02	10,213	0.32%		2010
Saint Lucia	92.6	0.09%	0.12	164	0.6%	15-64	2010
Guyana	91.6	0.09%	0.07	700
Israel	86.3	0.09%	0.09	8,284	0.2%	18-86	2020
Japan	84.1	0.09%	0.02	107,339	0.08%	15-64	2021
Estonia	83.7	0.09%	0.12	1,097	1.03%	16-64	2018
Norway	79.8	0.08%	0.18	4,326	1.2%	16-64	2019
Cuba	79.8	0.08%	0.04	8,989
Sweden	79.5	0.08%	0.18	8,249	1.3%	16-64	2021
Costa Rica	71.7	0.07%	0.24	3,404	1.23%	12-70	2015
Honduras	71.1	0.07%	0.45	7,191	0.87%	12-35	2005
Greece	61.7	0.06%	0.05	6,276	0.4%	18-64	2015
Panama	60.5	0.06%	0.22	2,597	0.1%	12-65	2015
Slovakia	59.3	0.06%	0.03	3,218	0.5%	15-64	2023
Portugal	58.6	0.06%	0.12	6,216	0.2%	15.64	2022
Bulgaria	58	0.06%	0.03	3,935	0.6%	15-64	2020
Ecuador	57.7	0.06%	0.3	10,430	1.69%	12-65	2017
Malta	56.5	0.06%	0.11	250	0.5%	15-64	2013
Peru	55.5	0.06%	0.25	20,131	0.96%	15-64	2017
Finland	55.3	0.06%	0.27	3,061	1.6%	15-64	2022
France	52.4	0.06%	0.06	34,783	1.7%	18-64	2017
El Salvador	50.9	0.05%	0.24	3,282	0.37%	12-65	2014
Russia	46.6	0.05%	0.17	67,437	0.23%	15-64	2007
Slovenia	44.4	0.05%	0.03	918	2.4%	15-64	2022
Barbados	42.6	0.04%	0.06	127	0.4%	15-64	2006
Guatemala	42.4	0.04%	0.7	6,678	0.21%	15-64	2005
Iran	42.4	0.04%	0.33	36,149	0.01%	15-64	2008
Lithuania	42	0.04%	0.1	1,145	0.6%	15-64	2021
Poland	40	0.04%	0.03	15,292	1.4%	15-64	2016
Belarus	36.1	0.04%	0.09	3,364	0.06%	15-64	2007
Nicaragua	34.5	0.04%	0.07	2,298	0.69%	12-65	2006
Moldova	33.4	0.03%	0.07	1,199	0.04%	15-64	2008
Kazakhstan	32	0.03%	0.25	6,071
Ukraine	31.6	0.03%	0.05	13,600	0.32%	16-64	2015
Croatia	31.4	0.03%	0.03	1,323	1.9%	15-64	2019
Romania	30.6	0.03%	0.05	5,787	0.5%	15-64	2019
Paraguay	30.4	0.03%	0.1	2,181	0.25%	12-64	2003
Hungary	30.1	0.03%	0.01	2,888	0.3%	18-64	2019
Eswatini	29.4	0.03%	0.03	339
Namibia	28.9	0.03%	0.02	702	0.2%		1998
Lesotho	28.8	0.03%	0.04	540
Albania	28.4	0.03%	0.06	757	2.5%	15-64	2014
North Macedonia	28.2	0.03%	0.02	615	0.81%	15-64	2018
Montenegro	27.5	0.03%	0.01	170	1.8%	16+	2017
Latvia	24.7	0.03%	0.1	462	1.3%	15-64	2020
Zimbabwe	24	0.03%	0.07	3,743	0.1%		2000
Venezuela	23.9	0.02%	0.04	6,356	0.82%	12-65	2023
Serbia	23.2	0.02%	0.03	2,071	0.1%	15-64	2018
Turkmenistan	22.5	0.02%	0.41	1,160
Kyrgyzstan	21.8	0.02%	0.15	1,497
Libya	21.6	0.02%	0.3	1,483
Uzbekistan	21	0.02%	0.05	7,191
Azerbaijan	20.7	0.02%	0.01	2,176
United Arab Emirates	20.7	0.02%	0.06	1,993
Mongolia	19.9	0.02%	0.05	662
Georgia	19.5	0.02%	0.07	703	0.1%	18-64	2022
Saudi Arabia	19.4	0.02%	0.01	7,327
Tajikistan	19.1	0.02%	0.02	1,944
Armenia	18.2	0.02%	0.03	545	0.1%	15-64	2005
Qatar	17.9	0.02%	0.02	532
Kuwait	17.8	0.02%	0.07	827	0.04%	15-64	2005
Oman	15.5	0.02%	0.03	727
Turkey	15.2	0.02%	0.05	12,741	0.05%	15-64	2018
Bahrain	15.2	0.02%	0.03	233
Syria	14.5	0.02%	0.08	2,038	0%	15-64	2005
Morocco	14.2	0.01%	0.14	5,259	0.43%	15-64	2017
Algeria	14.1	0.01%	0.13	6,215	0.01%	12+	2010
Sudan	13.8	0.01%	0.1	5,978
Jordan	13.4	0.01%	0.01	1,650
Afghanistan	13.4	0.01%	0.12	4,171	0%	15-64	2009
Tunisia	13.3	0.01%	0.16	1,574	0.1%	15-64	2017
Yemen	12.9	0.01%	0.08	4,343
Iraq	12.9	0.01%	0.11	5,313
Palestine	12.7	0.01%		654
Egypt	11.8	0.01%		12,511	0.35%	15-64	2016
Botswana	10.6	0.01%	0.02	255
Lebanon	10.1	0.01%	0.04	560	0.1%		2001
Gabon	10	0.01%	0.02	182
Equatorial Guinea	9.46	0.01%	0.02	143
Bosnia and Herzegovina	9.14	0.01%	0.02	302	0.63%	15-64	2008
Republic of the Congo	9.05	0.01%	0.02	488
Cape Verde	7.75	0.01%		43	0.2%	15-64	2012
DR Congo	6.99	0.01%	0.01	6,289
Central African Republic	6.84	0.01%	0.01	375
Angola	6.8	0.01%	0.01	2,223
Czech Republic	6.51	0.01%	0.02	693	0.9%	15-64	2020
Ghana	6.33	0.01%		2,168
North Korea	5.8	0.01%	0.01	1,530
China	5.78	0.01%	0.01	82,285
Cameroon	5.66	0.01%		1,799
Nigeria	5.48	0.01%		12,667	0.09%	15-64	2017
Taiwan	5.35	0.01%		1,266	0.1%	15-64	2005
Djibouti	5.32	0.01%	0.03	67
Eritrea	5.26	0.01%	0.04	347
Sao Tome and Principe	4.97	0.01%	0.01	11	0.02%		1997
Comoros	4.93	0.01%	0.04	37
Mauritania	4.79			210
Ivory Coast	4.74			1,321	0.59%	15-64	2017
Togo	4.68			394
Senegal	4.62			733
Sierra Leone	4.62			409	0.02%		1996
Mozambique	4.59		0.02	1,427
Gambia	4.55			109
Zambia	4.54		0.04	885	0.2%		2000
Tanzania	4.51		0.03	2,633
Kenya	4.51		0.01	2,260	0.1%	15-64	2016
Ethiopia	4.48		0.01	4,878
Rwanda	4.41		0.02	585
Liberia	4.37			238
Burkina Faso	4.22			962
Guinea-Bissau	4.2			87
Guinea	4.17			559
Benin	4.09			553
Malawi	4		0.02	778
Madagascar	3.89		0.02	1,112	1.8%	15-64	2017
Bangladesh	3.85		0.03	6,332
Burundi	3.85		0.02	509
Uganda	3.84		0.02	1,664
Mali	3.67			884
Chad	3.59			638	0.01%		1995
South Sudan	3.55		0.02	344
India	3.41		0.06	48,286	0.1%	10-75	2018
Somalia	3.4		0.02	735
Niger	3.32			832
Bhutan	3.15		0.04	24
Thailand	3.05		0.02	2,037	0.06%	12-65	2019
Pakistan	2.93		0.05	6,900
Maldives	2.91		0.05	15	0.04%	15-64	2012
Nepal	2.67		0.03	832
Marshall Islands	2.67		0.01	2
Nauru	2.56		0.01	0
Tuvalu	2.52		0.01	0
Kiribati	2.48		0.52	3
Palau	2.46			0
Papua New Guinea	2.41			252
Philippines	2.4		0.01	2,722	0.07%	10-69	2016
Cook Islands	2.39		0.02	0
Niue	2.39		0.02	0
Tokelau	2.37		0.02	0
Vanuatu	2.36		0.01	7
Guam	2.36		0.01	4
Fiji	2.35		0.01	22
American Samoa	2.34		0.03	1
Malaysia	2.32		0.02	737
Northern Mariana Islands	2.32		0.02	1
Vietnam	2.3		0.06	2,308
Solomon Islands	2.3		0.01	16
Samoa	2.29		0.01	5
Laos	2.28		0.01	168
Tonga	2.27		0.01	2
Mauritius	2.26		0.26	29
Cambodia	2.19		0.01	372
Sri Lanka	2.18		0.08	484
Timor-Leste	2.18		0.01	31
Myanmar	2.17		0.01	1,222
Seychelles	2.09		0.04	2
Indonesia	1.61		0.01	4,491	0.03%	15-64	2019
Hong Kong					0.25%	15-64	2008
Cayman Islands					0.6%		2000

GBD = VizHub Global Burden of Disease database
UN = United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
UN data for United Kingdom applies to England and Wales only. Rates in Northern Ireland measured at 1.8% in 2014.

The most cocaine use by country list is only estimations, and some data due to various barriers may be dated. This list of most cocaine use by country also reveals some of the expected results, along with a few surprises too. Places like the US and England unsurprisingly head the list, while other countries like Albania (one of the highest cocaine usage countries) make more shocking appearances.

Although any amount of cocaine use is too much, as the list reflects, some countries have a bigger issue than others.

Top 10 Countries with the Most Cocaine Use

Country	Cocaine Use Disorder (GBD) 2021 (%)
United States	0.5%
Argentina	0.29%
Canada	0.29%
Uruguay	0.26%
Greenland	0.26%
Spain	0.25%
Australia	0.25%
Chile	0.23%
Brazil	0.21%
United Kingdom	0.21%

While it may not appear to be a significant number, even just one percent of the population of most countries still equates to thousands of people. Typically those countries that reflect more than one percent on the most cocaine use by country list are also places with known drug use concerns.

Most Cocaine Use by Country 2025

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Argentina

Canada

Greenland

Uruguay

Top 10 Countries with the Most Cocaine Use

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