BE · 2017 · tps00149
Death due to drugs dependence, by sex
Belgium, 2017
In 2017, Belgium's death due to drugs dependence, by sex decreased by 27.1% compared to 2016, reaching 0.70.
Belgium accounts for 120.7% of the EU-27 total of 0.58.
Belgium ranks 7th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 9.4% (from 0.64 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00149, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.