Drug offences statistics - countries compared

Rank	Countries	Amount
# 1	Germany:	250,969 per 100,000 people
# 2	United Kingdom:	183,419 per 100,000 people
# 3	Canada:	92,590 per 100,000 people
# 4	South Africa:	53,810 per 100,000 people
# 5	Switzerland:	49,201 per 100,000 people
# 6	Belgium:	40,856 per 100,000 people
# 7	Sweden:	38,005 per 100,000 people
# 8	Italy:	37,965 per 100,000 people
# 9	Poland:	36,178 per 100,000 people
# 10	Japan:	26,477 per 100,000 people
# 11	New Zealand:	23,747 per 100,000 people
# 12	Mexico:	23,588 per 100,000 people
# 13	Austria:	22,422 per 100,000 people
# 14	Morocco:	17,064 per 100,000 people
# 15	Argentina:	15,508 per 100,000 people
# 16	Finland:	13,857 per 100,000 people
# 17	Netherlands:	12,683 per 100,000 people
# 18	Croatia:	10,819 per 100,000 people
# 19	Slovenia:	5,583 per 100,000 people
# 20	Belarus:	5,303 per 100,000 people
# 21	Hungary:	4,786 per 100,000 people
# 22	Peru:	4,359 per 100,000 people
# 23	Bolivia:	3,938 per 100,000 people
# 24	Czech Republic:	3,860 per 100,000 people
# 25	Portugal:	3,758 per 100,000 people
# 26	Burma:	2,867 per 100,000 people
# 27	Moldova:	2,481 per 100,000 people
# 28	Azerbaijan:	2,190 per 100,000 people
# 29	Panama:	1,484 per 100,000 people
# 30	Luxembourg:	1,321 per 100,000 people
# 31	Romania:	1,291 per 100,000 people
# 32	Slovakia:	1,119 per 100,000 people
# 33	Costa Rica:	1,099 per 100,000 people
# 34	Denmark:	1,053 per 100,000 people
# 35	Iceland:	994 per 100,000 people
# 36	Norway:	987.1 per 100,000 people
# 37	Lithuania:	937 per 100,000 people
# 38	Uruguay:	857 per 100,000 people
# 39	Tunisia:	815 per 100,000 people
# 40	Latvia:	629 per 100,000 people
# 41	United States:	560.1 per 100,000 people
# 42	Cyprus:	436 per 100,000 people
# 43	Thailand:	428.9 per 100,000 people
# 44	Malta:	341 per 100,000 people
# 45	Chile:	324 per 100,000 people
# 46	Maldives:	293 per 100,000 people
# 47	Albania:	250 per 100,000 people
# 48	Oman:	247 per 100,000 people
# 49	Nepal:	201 per 100,000 people
# 50	Ireland:	190.2 per 100,000 people
# 51	France:	176.1 per 100,000 people
# 52	Malaysia:	48.6 per 100,000 people
# 53	Singapore:	46.8 per 100,000 people
# 54	Hong Kong:	34 per 100,000 people
# 55	Greece:	33.3 per 100,000 people
# 56	Spain:	27.9 per 100,000 people
# 57	Korea, South:	9.9 per 100,000 people
# 58	Turkey:	4.6 per 100,000 people
# 59	China:	3.9 per 100,000 people
# 60	Indonesia:	3.4 per 100,000 people
	Weighted average:	16,742.1 per 100,000 people

DEFINITION: Drug offence cases per 100,000 population (2000).

SOURCE: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)

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COMMENTARY

ME 7th February 2010	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.
Dirk 4th February 2010	These stats need an urgent review. I can't find anything to corroberate the figures I see in the top 5
Kyle L 8th January 2010	Or there is more then one person with only one drug charge. Duh
Don B Sillier 23rd September 2009	Germans love drugs.
Don B. Silly 13th May 2009	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?
boam 21st November 2005	i like canada

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