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Economy

Number Of Drug Abusers By Age Group, 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/M891511

Data explorer

NumberOfDrugAbusersByAgeGroupAnnual.csv (14 rows, 2.2 KB)

Data Series
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2025
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2024
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2023
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2022
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2021
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2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2016
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2015
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2014
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2013
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2012
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2011
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2010
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2009
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2008
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2007
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2006
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2005
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2004
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2003
Numeric
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Total Drug Abusers320831753122282627293056352634393091326533433158358135073326288726162537221112187939561809
Below 2017716513211920030537636027827728319018119026016311989795057107191
20 - 29717723727609715938993101095610641053920880853851663630551529367377424634
30 - 39876802740700602660812808778774754685901796776760754777723416220255502
40 - 49562552565520491510572602537618640726848951800799726741658303113145395
50 - 5951355359453646840557046840241950053467262656443435134221075252375
60 And Above3633803643422532382031911401131131039991756836371271212
New Drug Abusers11659969528029361151146013641249134813091093111010921128132712001060520477453603730
Below 2016313497831522283093052352442571721531622281551178774464889163
20 - 29420401391317408488594570565650644578555577543516464394276226240315374
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_f174679381e9085e32869c32bdb01b87"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Number Of Drug Abusers By Age Group, Annual (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 16, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_f174679381e9085e32869c32bdb01b87/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)