Fentanyl consumption by country worldwide 2018-2022 | Statista

During 2022, Germany was responsible for 19 percent of the world's total fentanyl consumption. This drug can be used as an analgesic and is about 100 times more potent than morphine. Global consumption of fentanyl has increased steadily in the last decade. This statistic displays the distribution of the global fentanyl consumption by region from 2018 to 2022.

Distribution of fentanyl consumption globally from 2018 to 2022, by country

Characteristic	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Germany	17.5%	18.9%	19.8%	14.5%	19%
Spain	8.2%	11.9%	10.9%	11.8%	12.9%
United States	20.8%	14.5%	18.4%	19.3%	12.8%
France	4.5%	5.9%	6.4%	6%	6.4%
Italy	4.7%	4%	4.9%	6.3%	4.6%
Netherlands	3.1%	3.3%	3.2%	4%	4.2%
Belgium	2%	2.9%	3.1%	2.9%	3.4%
United Kingdom	15.6%	7.3%	2.5%	3%	3.3%
Canada	3.1%	3.4%	2.7%	2.9%	2.9%
Greece	-	-	-	-	2.4%
Israel	-	-	-	2.4%	2.3%
Russia	-	-	-	-	2.2%
Austria	-	-	-	-	2.1%
Other countries	18.4%	25.2%	24.3%	26.9%	21.5%

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2024

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2018 to 2022

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2018-2021 values were taken from previous reports.

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