Prevalence of people who inject drugs globally by region 2019

This statistic shows the estimated prevalence of the general population that currently injected drugs in 2019, by world region. About 0.21 percent of the population in Asia aged between 15 and 64 years was estimated to inject drugs as of that year.

Global estimated percentage of people who inject drugs in 2019, by region*

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Release date

June 2021

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2019

Age group

15-64 years

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* Highest estimate provided.

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