BG · 2022 · tps00149
Death due to drugs dependence, by sex
Bulgaria, 2022
In 2022, Bulgaria's death due to drugs dependence, by sex increased by 33.3% compared to 2021, reaching 0.08.
Bulgaria accounts for 10.3% of the EU-27 total of 0.78.
Bulgaria ranks 23rd out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 300.0% (from 0.02 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00149, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.