In 2022, approximately 53,000 drug suspects were arrested in the Philippines, reflecting an increase from the previous year's total. The number of arrested drug personalities peaked in 2017 at 75,000. Overall, the majority of the arrested drug suspects in the Philippines were males.
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Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. (May 22, 2024). Number of arrested drug suspects in the Philippines from 2016 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1329787/philippines-arrested-drug-suspects-by-gender/
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. "Number of arrested drug suspects in the Philippines from 2016 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Chart. May 22, 2024. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1329787/philippines-arrested-drug-suspects-by-gender/
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. (2024). Number of arrested drug suspects in the Philippines from 2016 to 2022 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1329787/philippines-arrested-drug-suspects-by-gender/
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. "Number of Arrested Drug Suspects in The Philippines from 2016 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1329787/philippines-arrested-drug-suspects-by-gender/
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, Number of arrested drug suspects in the Philippines from 2016 to 2022 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1329787/philippines-arrested-drug-suspects-by-gender/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Number of arrested drug suspects in the Philippines from 2016 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, May 22, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1329787/philippines-arrested-drug-suspects-by-gender/