LV · 2023 · tps00149
Death due to drugs dependence, by sex
Latvia, 2023
In 2023, Latvia's death due to drugs dependence, by sex increased by 320.0% compared to 2022, reaching 0.42.
Latvia accounts for 46.7% of the EU-27 total of 0.90.
Latvia ranks 14th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 40.0% (from 0.30 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00149, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.