IT · 2021 · tps00149
Death due to drugs dependence, by sex
Italy, 2021
In 2021, Italy's death due to drugs dependence, by sex increased by 8.7% compared to 2020, reaching 0.50.
Italy accounts for 69.4% of the EU-27 total of 0.72.
Italy ranks 11th 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 78.6% (from 0.28 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00149, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.