This is a list of countries (and some territories) by the annual prevalence of opiate

Opiate

In medicine, the term opiate describes any of the narcotic opioid alkaloids found as natural products in the opium poppy plant.-Overview:Opiates are so named because they are constituents or derivatives of constituents found in opium, which is processed from the latex sap of the opium poppy,...

s use

Recreational drug use

Recreational drug use is the use of a drug, usually psychoactive, with the intention of creating or enhancing recreational experience. Such use is controversial, however, often being considered to be also drug abuse, and it is often illegal...

 as percentage of the population aged 15-64 (unless otherwise indicated).

The primary source of information is the World Drug Report 2006 (WDR 2006) , published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime is a United Nations agency that was established in 1997 as the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention by combining the United Nations International Drug Control Program and the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Division in the United Nations...

 (UNODC). The indicator is the "annual prevalence" rate which is shown as a percentage of the youth and adult population who have consumed the drug at least once in the past year. The largest producer of opiates

Opium production in Afghanistan

Afghanistan has been the greatest illicit opium producer in the entire world, ahead of Burma and the "Golden Triangle" since 1992, excluding the year 2001. Afghanistan is the main producer of opium in the "Golden Crescent". Opium production in Afghanistan has been on the rise since U.S....

 in the world is Afghanistan to a total of 93% of the world's market.

Country or Entity	Annual prevalence (per cent)	Year	Sources and notes
Iran	2.8	1999	More info: Opium smuggling into Iran
Kyrgyzstan	2.3	2001
Mauritius	2.0	2003
Russia	2.0	2004	(UNODC estimates)
Afghanistan	1.4	2005	(UNODC estimates)
Kazakhstan	1.3	2001
Estonia	1.2	2001
Macau (PRC)	1.1	2003
Tajikistan	1.0	2001
United Kingdom	0.9	2001
Luxembourg	0.9	2000
Latvia	0.9	2001
Pakistan	0.8	2000	(UNODC estimates)
Ukraine	0.8	2002	(UNODC estimates)
Italy	0.8	2004
Laos	0.7	2005
Myanmar	0.7	2005
Independent State of Croatia	0.7	1999
Portugal	0.7	2000
Georgia (country)	0.6	2000
Nigeria	0.6	1999	(10+) (UNODC estimates)
United States	0.6	2000
Brazil	0.6	2001	(12-65)
Spain	0.6	2000
Switzerland	0.6	2000
Lithuania	0.6	2002/04	(UNODC estimates)
Republic of Ireland	0.6	2001
Uzbekistan	0.5	2001
Thailand	0.5	2001
Australia	0.5	2004
New Zealand	0.5	2001
Kingdom of Bulgaria	0.5	2001
Albania	0.5	2000
Republic of Macedonia	0.5	2004
Denmark	0.5	2000	(16-64)
Slovenia	0.5	2001
Austria	0.5	2002
Malta	0.5	2003
Zambia	0.4	2003	(UNODC estimates)
El Salvador	0.4	2004	(UNODC estimates)
Canada	0.4	2000	" (Ontario, 18+)"
Belgium	0.4	1997
India	0.4	2001
Nepal	0.4	1996
Belarus	0.4	2003	(UNODC estimates)
Early Modern France	0.4	1999
Norway	0.4	1997
Czech Republic	0.4	2003
South Africa	0.3	2004	(UNODC estimates)
Turkmenistan	0.3	1998	(Tentative estimates)
Armenia	0.3	2005
Angola	0.3	2001	(UNODC estimates)
Republic of China	0.3	2002	(UNODC estimates)
Vietnam	0.3	2002
Bahrain	0.3	1998
Israel	0.3	2001	(18-40)
Netherlands	0.3	2001
Germany	0.3	2003
Iceland	0.3	1998	(UNODC estimates)
Greece	0.3	2004
Cyprus	0.3	2004
Sri Lanka	0.3	2004	(UNODC estimates)
Slovakia	0.3	2002
Bangladesh	0.3
Hungary	0.3	2003	(18-54)
Kingdom of Romania	0.3	2002	(UNODC estimates)
Kenya	0.2	2004
Somalia	0.2	2004
The Bahamas	0.2	2003	(UNODC estimates)
Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.2	2004
Azerbaijan	0.2	2000
Chad	0.2	1995
Liberia	0.2	2004
Sierra Leone	0.2	1997
South Korea	0.2	2004
Hong Kong (PRC)	0.2	2004
Malaysia	0.2	2000	(UNODC estimates)
Indonesia	0.2	2002	(UNODC estimates)
Mainland China	0.2	2003
Guatemala	0.2		(UNODC estimates)
Panama	0.2		(Tentative estimates)
Lebanon	0.2	2003
Kuwait	0.2	2004	(UNODC estimates)
Jordan	0.2	2001
Chile	0.2	2004
Uruguay	0.2	2003	(UNODC estimates)
Maldives	0.2	2001	(Tentative estimates)
Poland	0.2	2002
Argentina	0.1	2004
Colombia	0.1	2004	(UNODC estimates)
Rwanda	0.1	2004
Dominican Republic	0.1	2001	(12-70) (UNODC estimates)
Algeria	0.1	2004	(UNODC estimates)
Libya	0.1	2004	(UNODC estimates)
Thailand	0.1	2003
Ghana	0.1	2004
Republic of the Congo	0.1	2004
Central African Republic	0.1	2004
Niger	0.1	2004
Japan	0.1	2002
Costa Rica	0.1		(UNODC estimates)
Honduras	0.1	1995
Mexico	0.1	2002
Venezuela	0.1	2003	(UNODC estimates)
Ecuador	0.1	1999	(UNODC estimates)
Finland	0.1	2002
Sweden	0.1	2001
Oman	0.09	1999
Yemen	0.09	1999	(Tentative estimates)
Moldova	0.07	2000
Ethiopia	0.05		(Tentative estimates)
Uganda	0.05	2004
Antigua and Barbuda	0.05	2000
Turkey	0.05	2003
Bolivia	0.04		(Tentative estimates)
Zimbabwe	0.04	2004
Tunisia	0.03	2003
Namibia	0.03	2000
Senegal	0.03		(Tentative estimates)
Suriname	0.02	1998
Tanzania	0.02	1998
Morocco	0.02	2004
United Arab Emirates	0.02	2004	(UNODC estimates)
Syria	0.02	2005
Barbados	0.01		(Tentative estimates)
Côte d'Ivoire	0.01	1997
Brunei	0.01	1998
Saudi Arabia	0.01	2000
Qatar	0.01	1996
Singapore	0.004	2004