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Number Of Drug Abusers By Main Drug Abused, Annual

Data from Jan 2003 to Dec 2025

Last updated: 08 May 2026, 20:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: CENTRAL NARCOTICS BUREAU

Data Last Updated: 13/04/2026

Update Frequency: Annual

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M891521

Data explorer

NumberOfDrugAbusersByMainDrugAbusedAnnual.csv (34 rows, 4.4 KB)

Data Series Text	2025 Numeric	2024 Numeric	2023 Numeric	2022 Numeric	2021 Numeric	2020 Numeric	2019 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2017 Numeric	2016 Numeric	2015 Numeric	2014 Numeric	2013 Numeric	2012 Numeric	2011 Numeric	2010 Numeric	2009 Numeric	2008 Numeric	2007 Numeric	2006 Numeric	2005 Numeric	2004 Numeric	2003 Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)14.7%
Total Drug Abusers	3208	3175	3122	2826	2729	3056	3526	3439	3091	3265	3343	3158	3581	3507	3326	2887	2616	2537	2211	1218	793	956	1809
Buprenorphine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	54	202	444	841	419	0	0	0
Cannabis	248	201	276	236	138	94	150	211	204	228	194	187	186	142	127	131	126	88	102	122	102	117	260
Cocaine	7	13	13	9	0	3	7	5	1	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Dihydrocodeine	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	na
Ecstasy	72	56	97	60	45	30	63	31	31	14	7	14	20	19	22	17	39	110	78	67	91	101	114
GHB	1	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	na
Heroin	761	895	1039	994	778	517	667	700	848	1041	1253	1560	2062	2239	1924	1787	1425	1216	690	116	62	111	567
Ketamine	42	40	33	32	17	12	14	4	3	5	6	11	32	30	42	138	162	138	151	186	192	307	497
LSD	1	0	1	2	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	na

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Number	-
2025	2025	Numeric	Number	-
2024	2024	Numeric	Number	-
2023	2023	Numeric	Number	-
2022	2022	Numeric	Number	-
2021	2021	Numeric	Number	-
2020	2020	Numeric	Number	-
2019	2019	Numeric	Number	-
2018	2018	Numeric	Number	-
2017	2017	Numeric	Number	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_2f6b9fdf036029715f43766db8b5c753"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Number Of Drug Abusers By Main Drug Abused, Annual (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_2f6b9fdf036029715f43766db8b5c753/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

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Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)