Narcotic Drugs 2024: Estimated World Requirements for 2025, Statistics for 2023

PART IV. Statistical information and annexes (data download in Excel format)

  Table I. Cultivation of Papaver somniferum for the production of opium, 2019-2025
  Table II. Cultivation of Papaver somniferum for purposes other than the production of opium, 2019-2025: production of poppy straw (M, T, C, N and O)
  Table III. Extraction of alkaloids from opium, 2019-2023
  Table IV. Extraction of morphine from poppy straw (M), 2019-2023
  Table V. Extraction of thebaine from poppy straw (T and M), 2019-2023
  Table VI. Conversion of morphine, 2019-2023
  Table VII. Conversion of thebaine, 2019-2023
  Table VIII. Manufacture of alkaloids contained in concentrate of poppy straw, 2019-2023
  Table IX. Extraction of alkaloids from opium, 2019-2023
  Table X. Manufacture of the principal narcotic drugs, 2019-2023:
    Derivatives of opium alkaloids
    Synthetic opioids
  Table XI. Production, utilization, imports and exports of coca leaf and manufacture of cocaine, 2019-2023
  Table XII. Consumption of the principal narcotic drugs and calculated consumption of buprenorphine, 2019-2023
  Table XIII. Consumption of other narcotic drugs, 2019-2023:
    Fentanyl, principal fentanyl analogues and piritramide
    Other derivatives of opium alkaloids
    Other synthetic opioids
  Table VIV. Levels of consumption of narcotic drugs, in defined daily doses for statistical purposes per million inhabitants per day, 2021-2023:
    1. Average consumption of narcotic drugs (excluding preparations in Schedule III) and calculated consumption of buprenorphine:
      a. All countries b. Africa c. Asia
      d. Central America and the Caribbean e. Europe f. North America
      g. Oceania h. South America i. All regions
    2. Global average levels of utilization of narcotic drugs for the manufacture of preparations listed in Schedule III, in defined daily doses for statistical purposes per million inhabitants per day, 2014-2023
    3. Global consumption of opioids, expressed in millions of defined daily doses for statistical purposes (S-DDD) 2004-2023 .
  Table XV. Total stocks of narcotic drugs, 2019-2023

Annexes

  • I. Status of adherence to intl. conventions on narcotic drugs and receipt of statistics (2023) and estimates (2025)
  • II. Estimated world requirements of narcotic drugs for 2025:
  Table A. Estimated world requirements of narcotic drugs for 2025
  Table B. World totals of estimates, 2019-2023
  • III. Comparative statement of estimates and statistics for 2023
  • IV. World trade, 2021-2023:
    1. Exports of opiate raw materials, 2021-2023
    2. Imports of opiate raw materials, 2021-2023
    3. Exports of the principal narcotic drugs, 2021-2023
    4. Imports of the principal narcotic drugs, 2021-2023
  • V. Seizures of selected narcotic drugs, 2023
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