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New Statistics Reveal Which Countries Have The Highest Cocaine Use

New Statistics Reveal Which Countries Have The Highest Cocaine Use

The west may have a slight problem.

Stewart Perrie

Stewart Perrie

No matter what you do or where about in the UK you're from, chances are you will have encountered cocaine in some way, shape or form, somewhere along the course of your teenage or adult life.

It's no wonder really, because the UK, along with much of the western world, is absolutely rife with the stuff.

New statistics published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime show just how widespread the use of coke is and which countries it's most prevalent in.

Here are the top 20 ranked by how high a percentage of the population use the drug:

1. Albania - 2.5

2. Scotland - 2.34

3. United States - 2.3

4. England and Wales - 2.25

5. Spain - 2.2

6. Australia - 2.1

7. Uruguay - 1.8

8. Chile - 1.73

9. Netherlands - 1.6

10. Ireland - 1.5

11. Canada - 1.46

12. Aruba - 1.3

13. Bermuda - 1.3

14. Ghana - 1.1

15. Italy - 1.1

16. France - 1.1

17. Israel - 1.07

18. Iceland - 1.06

19. Costa Rica - 1.06

20. Luxembourg - 1.04

Credit: PA

Albania at number one is a bit surprising, as is Scotland coming in at number two.

Columbia, the biggest exporter of cocaine, ranks all the way down at 34. This may come as a surprise, but even though the production of the drug is big business, only a very small percentage of the population actually use it.

African and Middle Eastern countries report the lowest levels of cocaine use.

A list of the world's biggest 'per capita' consumers published in The Telegraph reveals more about our planet's buying habits, some of which might surprise you.

  • Of cocaine: Albania
  • Of alcohol: Belarus
  • Of cigarettes: Montenegro
  • Of cannabis: Iceland
  • Of coffee: Finland
  • Of tea: Paraguay
  • Of beer: Czech Republic
  • Of wine: Andorra
  • Of electricity: Iceland
  • Of meat: United States
  • Of chocolate: Switzerland
  • Of milk: Finland
  • Of sugar: United States

TV chef Gordon Ramsay was inspired to film his documentary in the drug after seeing the effect it had on co-workers, peers and even his own brother.

"I saw cocaine quite early on in my career," he said.

"I've been served it. I've been given it. I've had my hand shaken and left with little wraps of foil in it. I've been asked to dust cocaine on top of soufflés, to put it on as icing sugar... coke's everywhere in the restaurant world. It's spiralling out of control."

Featured Image Credit: PA

Topics: cocaine use, Drugs, UK, USA

Stewart Perrie is a Trending Journalist at LADbible. His first job was as a newsreader and journalist at the award winning Sydney radio station, Macquarie Radio. He was solely responsible for the content broadcast on multiple stations across Australia when the MH17, Germanwings and AirAsia disasters unfolded. Stewart has covered the conflict in Syria for LADbible, interviewing a doctor on the front line, and has contributed to the hugely successful UOKM8 campaign.

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