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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE	GRAPH
1	GermanyGermany	250,969 per 100,000 people	2000
2	United KingdomUnited Kingdom	183,419 per 100,000 people	2000
3	CanadaCanada	92,590 per 100,000 people	2000
	Group of 7 countries (G7) averageGroup of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	84,593.74 per 100,000 people	2000
4	South AfricaSouth Africa	53,810 per 100,000 people	2000
5	SwitzerlandSwitzerland	49,201 per 100,000 people	2000
6	BelgiumBelgium	40,856 per 100,000 people	2000
7	SwedenSweden	38,005 per 100,000 people	2000
8	ItalyItaly	37,965 per 100,000 people	2000
9	PolandPoland	36,178 per 100,000 people	2000
	High income OECD countries averageHigh income OECD countries average (profile)	30,298.77 per 100,000 people	2000
	NATO countries averageNATO average (profile)	27,691.56 per 100,000 people	2000
10	JapanJapan	26,477 per 100,000 people	2000
	European Union averageEuropean Union average (profile)	25,873.63 per 100,000 people	2000
11	New ZealandNew Zealand	23,747 per 100,000 people	2000
12	MexicoMexico	23,588 per 100,000 people	2000
	Eurozone averageEurozone average (profile)	23,080.38 per 100,000 people	2000
13	AustriaAustria	22,422 per 100,000 people	2000
	Non-religious countries averageNon-religious countries average (profile)	18,040.51 per 100,000 people	2000
14	MoroccoMorocco	17,064 per 100,000 people	2000
15	ArgentinaArgentina	15,508 per 100,000 people	2000
16	FinlandFinland	13,857 per 100,000 people	2000
17	NetherlandsNetherlands	12,683 per 100,000 people	2000
18	CroatiaCroatia	10,819 per 100,000 people	2000
19	SloveniaSlovenia	5,583 per 100,000 people	2000
20	BelarusBelarus	5,303 per 100,000 people	2000
21	HungaryHungary	4,786 per 100,000 people	2000
22	PeruPeru	4,359 per 100,000 people	2000
23	BoliviaBolivia	3,938 per 100,000 people	2000
24	Czech RepublicCzech Republic	3,860 per 100,000 people	2000
25	PortugalPortugal	3,758 per 100,000 people	2000
26	BurmaBurma	2,867 per 100,000 people	2000
27	MoldovaMoldova	2,481 per 100,000 people	2000
28	AzerbaijanAzerbaijan	2,190 per 100,000 people	2000
29	PanamaPanama	1,484 per 100,000 people	2000
30	LuxembourgLuxembourg	1,321 per 100,000 people	2000
31	RomaniaRomania	1,291 per 100,000 people	2000
32	SlovakiaSlovakia	1,119 per 100,000 people	2000
33	Costa RicaCosta Rica	1,099 per 100,000 people	2000
34	DenmarkDenmark	1,053 per 100,000 people	2000
35	IcelandIceland	994 per 100,000 people	2000
36	NorwayNorway	987.1 per 100,000 people	2000
37	LithuaniaLithuania	937 per 100,000 people	2000
38	UruguayUruguay	857 per 100,000 people	2000
39	TunisiaTunisia	815 per 100,000 people	2000
40	LatviaLatvia	629 per 100,000 people	2000
41	United StatesUnited States	560.1 per 100,000 people	2000
42	CyprusCyprus	436 per 100,000 people	2000
43	ThailandThailand	428.9 per 100,000 people	2000
44	MaltaMalta	341 per 100,000 people	2000
45	ChileChile	324 per 100,000 people	2000
46	MaldivesMaldives	293 per 100,000 people	2000
47	AlbaniaAlbania	250 per 100,000 people	2000
48	OmanOman	247 per 100,000 people	2000
49	NepalNepal	201 per 100,000 people	2000
50	IrelandIreland	190.2 per 100,000 people	2000
51	FranceFrance	176.1 per 100,000 people	2000
52	MalaysiaMalaysia	48.6 per 100,000 people	2000
53	SingaporeSingapore	46.8 per 100,000 people	2000
54	Hong KongHong Kong	34 per 100,000 people	2000
55	GreeceGreece	33.3 per 100,000 people	2000
56	SpainSpain	27.9 per 100,000 people	2000
57	South KoreaSouth Korea	9.9 per 100,000 people	2000
58	TurkeyTurkey	4.6 per 100,000 people	2000
59	ChinaChina	3.9 per 100,000 people	2000
60	IndonesiaIndonesia	3.4 per 100,000 people	2000

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Not sure about other European countries, but in Germany commas and periods in figures are reversed. E.g. "2,5" would be "2.5" [decimal point] in the US. If you take a statistical report written in German and don't know this, then 250 plus some fractions reads as 250-thousand. My guess is, that other countries that high on the list use a similar notation. The author needs to go back to the source and get this straightened out.

Posted on 28 Jul 2011

Ann E Buddy

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It's easy to get 250,969 per 100,000 people if there are repeat offenders, which I feel is quite likely in the drugs world as people like using them.

Posted on 06 Jan 2011

dairyfarm

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What? Somebody needs to start again here.

Posted on 16 Mar 2010

Charlie

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All the numbers cited above that of the US are wrong. The webmasters used absolute counts rather than rate per 100,000 (e.g., Germany had an actual 2002 drug offence rate of 304 per 100,000 people; Canada, 295/100K; etc.).

The original dataset can be found here (pp. 44-47): http://www.unodc.org/pdf/crime/eighthsurvey/5678svr.pdf

Posted on 16 Mar 2010

AKTor

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250.000 per 82.000.000 poorly loaded the data, please be more vigilant, people work with this data

Posted on 09 Mar 2010

casiuno

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remember when looking at these statistics that one person can be charged with multiple offenses. That's why the figure that is given (per 100,000 people) can be more than '100,000'.

Posted on 01 Mar 2010

GJR

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Impossible...

Germany 2.5 offences per every man woman and child... and the US, a notoriously drug-infested country, 560.1 per 100000 people?

No way.

Posted on 07 Feb 2010

ME

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These stats need an urgent review. I can't find anything to corroberate the figures I see in the top 5

Posted on 04 Feb 2010

Dirk

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Or there is more then one person with only one drug charge. Duh

Posted on 08 Jan 2010

Kyle L

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Germans love drugs.

Posted on 23 Sep 2009

Don B Sillier

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So, in Germany they have 250,969 drug offences per 100,000 people?
That's over 2.5 offences for every man, woman and child in Germany?
Do these stats mean anything? Or are the commas in the wrong places?

Posted on 13 May 2009

Don B. Silly