List of countries by prevalence of opiates use
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This is a list of countries (and some territories) by the annual prevalence of opiate
Opiate
In medicine, the term opiate describes any of the narcotic opioid alkaloids found as natural products in the opium poppy plant.-Overview:Opiates are so named because they are constituents or derivatives of constituents found in opium, which is processed from the latex sap of the opium poppy,...

s use
Recreational drug use
Recreational drug use is the use of a drug, usually psychoactive, with the intention of creating or enhancing recreational experience. Such use is controversial, however, often being considered to be also drug abuse, and it is often illegal...

 as percentage of the population aged 15-64 (unless otherwise indicated).

The primary source of information is the World Drug Report 2006 (WDR 2006) , published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime is a United Nations agency that was established in 1997 as the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention by combining the United Nations International Drug Control Program and the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Division in the United Nations...

 (UNODC). The indicator is the "annual prevalence" rate which is shown as a percentage of the youth and adult population who have consumed the drug at least once in the past year. The largest producer of opiates
Opium production in Afghanistan
Afghanistan has been the greatest illicit opium producer in the entire world, ahead of Burma and the "Golden Triangle" since 1992, excluding the year 2001. Afghanistan is the main producer of opium in the "Golden Crescent". Opium production in Afghanistan has been on the rise since U.S....

 in the world is Afghanistan to a total of 93% of the world's market.
Country or Entity Annual prevalence (per cent) Year Sources and notes
 Iran 2.8 1999 More info: Opium smuggling into Iran
 Kyrgyzstan 2.3 2001
 Mauritius 2.0 2003
 Russia 2.0 2004 (UNODC estimates)
 Afghanistan 1.4 2005 (UNODC estimates)
 Kazakhstan 1.3 2001
 Estonia 1.2 2001
 Macau (PRC) 1.1 2003
 Tajikistan 1.0 2001
 United Kingdom 0.9 2001
 Luxembourg 0.9 2000
 Latvia 0.9 2001
 Pakistan 0.8 2000 (UNODC estimates)
 Ukraine 0.8 2002 (UNODC estimates)
 Italy 0.8 2004
 Laos 0.7 2005
 Myanmar 0.7 2005
 Independent State of Croatia 0.7 1999
 Portugal 0.7 2000
 Georgia (country) 0.6 2000
 Nigeria 0.6 1999 (10+) (UNODC estimates)
 United States 0.6 2000
 Brazil 0.6 2001 (12-65)
 Spain 0.6 2000
 Switzerland 0.6 2000
 Lithuania 0.6 2002/04 (UNODC estimates)
 Republic of Ireland 0.6 2001
 Uzbekistan 0.5 2001
 Thailand 0.5 2001
 Australia 0.5 2004
 New Zealand 0.5 2001
 Kingdom of Bulgaria 0.5 2001
 Albania 0.5 2000
 Republic of Macedonia 0.5 2004
 Denmark 0.5 2000 (16-64)
 Slovenia 0.5 2001
 Austria 0.5 2002
 Malta 0.5 2003
 Zambia 0.4 2003 (UNODC estimates)
 El Salvador 0.4 2004 (UNODC estimates)
 Canada 0.4 2000 " (Ontario, 18+)"
 Belgium 0.4 1997
 India 0.4 2001
 Nepal 0.4 1996
 Belarus 0.4 2003 (UNODC estimates)
 Early Modern France 0.4 1999
 Norway 0.4 1997
 Czech Republic 0.4 2003
 South Africa 0.3 2004 (UNODC estimates)
 Turkmenistan 0.3 1998 (Tentative estimates)
 Armenia 0.3 2005
 Angola 0.3 2001 (UNODC estimates)
 Republic of China 0.3 2002 (UNODC estimates)
 Vietnam 0.3 2002
 Bahrain 0.3 1998
 Israel 0.3 2001 (18-40)
 Netherlands 0.3 2001
 Germany 0.3 2003
 Iceland 0.3 1998 (UNODC estimates)
 Greece 0.3 2004
 Cyprus 0.3 2004
 Sri Lanka 0.3 2004 (UNODC estimates)
 Slovakia 0.3 2002
 Bangladesh 0.3
 Hungary 0.3 2003 (18-54)
 Kingdom of Romania 0.3 2002 (UNODC estimates)
 Kenya 0.2 2004
 Somalia 0.2 2004
 The Bahamas 0.2 2003 (UNODC estimates)
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.2 2004
 Azerbaijan 0.2 2000
 Chad 0.2 1995
 Liberia 0.2 2004
 Sierra Leone 0.2 1997
 South Korea 0.2 2004
 Hong Kong (PRC) 0.2 2004
 Malaysia 0.2 2000 (UNODC estimates)
 Indonesia 0.2 2002 (UNODC estimates)
 Mainland China 0.2 2003
 Guatemala 0.2 (UNODC estimates)
 Panama 0.2 (Tentative estimates)
 Lebanon 0.2 2003
 Kuwait 0.2 2004 (UNODC estimates)
 Jordan 0.2 2001
 Chile 0.2 2004
 Uruguay 0.2 2003 (UNODC estimates)
 Maldives 0.2 2001 (Tentative estimates)
 Poland 0.2 2002
 Argentina 0.1 2004
 Colombia 0.1 2004 (UNODC estimates)
 Rwanda 0.1 2004
 Dominican Republic 0.1 2001 (12-70) (UNODC estimates)
 Algeria 0.1 2004 (UNODC estimates)
 Libya 0.1 2004 (UNODC estimates)
 Thailand 0.1 2003
 Ghana 0.1 2004
 Republic of the Congo 0.1 2004
 Central African Republic 0.1 2004
 Niger 0.1 2004
 Japan 0.1 2002
 Costa Rica 0.1 (UNODC estimates)
 Honduras 0.1 1995
 Mexico 0.1 2002
 Venezuela 0.1 2003 (UNODC estimates)
 Ecuador 0.1 1999 (UNODC estimates)
 Finland 0.1 2002
 Sweden 0.1 2001
 Oman 0.09 1999
 Yemen 0.09 1999 (Tentative estimates)
 Moldova 0.07 2000
 Ethiopia 0.05 (Tentative estimates)
 Uganda 0.05 2004
 Antigua and Barbuda 0.05 2000
 Turkey 0.05 2003
 Bolivia 0.04 (Tentative estimates)
 Zimbabwe 0.04 2004
 Tunisia 0.03 2003
 Namibia 0.03 2000
 Senegal 0.03 (Tentative estimates)
 Suriname 0.02 1998
 Tanzania 0.02 1998
 Morocco 0.02 2004
 United Arab Emirates 0.02 2004 (UNODC estimates)
 Syria 0.02 2005
 Barbados 0.01 (Tentative estimates)
 Côte d'Ivoire 0.01 1997
 Brunei 0.01 1998
 Saudi Arabia 0.01 2000
 Qatar 0.01 1996
 Singapore 0.004 2004
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