Prevalence of opioid use

percent of population aged 15-64, 2001–2015

Country	2001	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Afghanistan								2.92
Argentina						0.19
Armenia						0.28	0.22	0.16
Australia									3.40	3.37	3.33	3.30
Austria										0.53	0.52	0.50
Bangladesh		0.40
Barbados					0.23
Belgium							0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20
Belize				0.30
Bulgaria							0.44	0.46	0.49	0.51
Chile													0.58
Congo (Kinshasa)			0.17
Czech Republic												0.15	0.16
Dominican Republic	0.14
El Salvador				0.14
Estonia							1.53
Finland									0.60	0.51	0.41
France												0.52
Georgia					0.58	0.78	0.97	1.17	1.36
Germany								0.20	0.27	0.33	0.40
Haiti					0.20
Hungary														0.13
Italy												0.80
Jamaica					1.00
Kazakhstan					1.00
Kyrgyzstan					0.80
Latvia														0.50
Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.)				0.50
Maldives											1.46
Mauritius								1.29
Mexico							0.10	0.19	0.29	0.38
New Zealand					0.42	0.76	1.10
Pakistan					0.70	0.98	1.27	1.55	1.83	2.12	2.40
Philippines						0.05
Russia									2.29	2.30	2.32	2.33	2.35	2.36
Serbia													5.15
Singapore									0.33
Slovakia														0.30
Slovenia												0.37
South Africa							0.50
Sweden						0.23	0.28	0.33	0.38	0.43	0.48	0.53
Tajikistan					0.54
Turkmenistan						0.32
United States													5.41	6.01
Uruguay										0.18
Uzbekistan					0.80

General prevalence. Includes opiates and prescription opioids. Opioids include heroin; opium; pharmaceutical opioids such as buprenorphine (e.g. Suboxone, Subutex), codeine, dextropropoxyphene, fentanyl, oxycodone (e.Oxycontin) hydrocodone (e.g. Vicodin), hydromorphone, methadone, morphine and pethidine; and other illicit opioids (e.g. “homebake”, AH-7921).

Source: UNODC

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