PT · 2023 · tps00149
Death due to drugs dependence, by sex
Portugal, 2023
In 2023, Portugal's death due to drugs dependence, by sex increased by 41.2% compared to 2022, reaching 0.48.
Portugal accounts for 53.3% of the EU-27 total of 0.90.
Portugal ranks 12th 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 242.9% (from 0.14 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00149, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.