DE · 2021 · tps00149
Death due to drugs dependence, by sex
Germany, 2021
In 2021, Germany's death due to drugs dependence, by sex decreased by 8.3% compared to 2020, reaching 1.54.
Germany accounts for 213.9% of the EU-27 total of 0.72.
Germany ranks 5th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 26.0% (from 2.08 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00149, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.