Opiate Usage by Country 2025

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Opiate Use (Best Estimate)

0%

0.5%

1%

1.5%

2%

2.5%

3%

3.5%

3.31%

1.76%

1.7%

Country
Opiate Use (Best Estimate)
Opiate Use (Low Estimate)
Opiate Use (High Estimate)
Data Year
Iran3.31%2015
Afghanistan2.65%2.34%2.96%2009
Seychelles2.3%2011
Egypt1.76%1.39%2.14%2016
Poland1.7%2016
Azerbaijan1.5%1.28%1.72%2010
India1.42%2018
Russia1.4%1.4%1.4%2010
Maldives1.34%2012
Ukraine1.05%0.88%1.23%2012
Kazakhstan1.03%0.97%1.08%2015
Pakistan1%0.7%1.5%2012
Malaysia0.94%2009
Uzbekistan0.93%0.78%1.08%2015
United States0.91%0.74%1.08%2018
Ivory Coast0.9%0.86%0.94%2017
Kyrgyzstan0.89%0.82%0.96%2015
Myanmar0.8%0.7%0.9%2010
Mauritius0.78%2017
Belarus0.77%2016
Italy0.76%0.72%0.79%2019
United Kingdom0.74%0.73%0.77%2016
Georgia0.72%0.71%0.74%2010
Morocco0.71%2017
Jamaica0.7%0.3%1.1%2006
Ireland0.62%0.61%0.7%2014
Sri Lanka0.61%2019
Malta0.61%2016
Latvia0.57%0.47%0.7%2017
Austria0.54%0.52%0.55%2019
Vietnam0.53%2011
Tajikistan0.52%0.51%0.52%2015
Portugal0.45%0.3%0.7%2018
Albania0.45%2007
Luxembourg0.45%2015
Switzerland0.43%0.39%0.47%2015
South Africa0.41%2008
Israel0.4%0.3%0.5%2016
Uruguay0.4%2018
North Macedonia0.4%0.4%0.5%2005
Nepal0.39%2019
Bangladesh0.37%2003
Zambia0.37%2003
Laos0.37%2008
Bulgaria0.37%2017
Slovenia0.36%0.32%0.42%2017
Croatia0.35%2012
France0.32%0.31%0.33%2019
Turkmenistan0.32%2007
Singapore0.32%0.27%0.37%2010
Romania0.3%2019
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.3%2009
Belize0.3%2005
Norway0.27%2013
Lithuania0.24%0.23%0.24%2007
Germany0.22%2014
Kenya0.22%2012
Chad0.22%2004
Greece0.22%0.18%0.27%2019
Bahamas0.22%2003
Spain0.21%0.14%0.28%2018
Brazil0.2%2012
Thailand0.2%2007
Niger0.2%2004
Taiwan0.2%2005
Hungary0.2%2019
Lebanon0.2%2003
Armenia0.2%0.17%0.24%2007
Liechtenstein0.2%2005
China0.19%0.13%0.25%2012
Peru0.18%2005
Cyprus0.18%0.15%0.22%2016
Cape Verde0.18%2004
Sierra Leone0.17%2004
Liberia0.17%2004
Kuwait0.17%2004
Eswatini0.17%2004
Somalia0.16%2004
Honduras0.15%2005
Bermuda0.15%0.1%0.2%2009
Ghana0.14%2004
Rwanda0.14%2004
Libya0.14%2004
DR Congo0.13%2004
Netherlands0.13%0.11%0.15%2012
Republic of the Congo0.13%2004
Tunisia0.12%2011
Moldova0.12%2011
El Salvador0.11%2005
Barbados0.11%0.1%0.13%2006
Mexico0.1%2016
Australia0.1%2019
Czech Republic0.1%2019
Serbia0.1%2018
Denmark0.1%2017
Finland0.1%2018
Slovakia0.1%2019
New Zealand0.1%0.1%0.3%2008
Nigeria0.09%0.21%2017
Senegal0.08%2006
Indonesia0.07%0.07%0.07%2019
Argentina0.07%0.05%0.09%2010
Bolivia0.07%2004
Haiti0.07%2006
Dominican Republic0.07%0.05%0.09%2008
Algeria0.06%0.05%0.06%2010
Saudi Arabia0.06%2006
Uganda0.05%2004
Central African Republic0.05%2004
Japan0.04%2019
Philippines0.04%0.03%0.04%2011
Guatemala0.04%2005
Cambodia0.04%2007
Zimbabwe0.04%2004
Estonia0.04%2018
Turkey0.03%2018
Venezuela0.03%2011
Paraguay0.03%2003
Costa Rica0.03%2015
Colombia0.02%0.01%0.03%2019
Syria0.02%2005
United Arab Emirates0.02%2004
Nicaragua0.02%2006
Ecuador0.01%2013
South Korea2004
Chile2018
  • All usage rates are given as a percentage of the country’s total population.
  • Data collection methodologies vary by country and include household surveys, school surveys, indirect estimates, and drug use registries.
  • For countries for which more than one data survey was available, the most recent survey was chosen.