IE · 2023 · tps00149
Death due to drugs dependence, by sex
Ireland, 2023
In 2023, Ireland's death due to drugs dependence, by sex increased by 16.1% compared to 2022, reaching 0.72.
Ireland accounts for 80.0% of the EU-27 total of 0.90.
Ireland ranks 10th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1700.0% (from 0.04 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00149, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.