Infographic. Needle and syringe distribution and opioid agonist treatment coverage in relation to WHO 2020 targets
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This resource is part of the European Drug Report 2023, the EMCDDA's annual overview of the drug situation in Europe.
The coverage is based on the latest national estimates of injecting drug use and high-risk opioid use matched by harm reduction activity data (within a maximum of 2 years). The estimate of coverage of opioid agonist treatment for Belgium is derived from a subnational study conducted in 2019.
Source data
The data used to generate infographics and charts on this page may be found below.
List of tables
- Table 1 (number of European countries implementing harm reduction interventions, up to 2022)
- Table 2 (availability of take-home naloxone in Europe)
- Table 3 (needle and syringes distribution and opioid agonist treatment coverage in relation to WHO 2020 targets, 2021 or latest available estimate)
- Table 4 (location and number of drug consumption facilities throughout Europe)
Year | Drug checking | Drug consumption rooms | Methadone maintenance treatment | Needle and syringe programmes | Take-home naloxone |
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1967 | 1 | ||||
1968 | 2 | ||||
1969 | |||||
1970 | 3 | ||||
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1973 | |||||
1974 | 4 | ||||
1975 | 5 | ||||
1976 | |||||
1977 | 6 | ||||
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1982 | |||||
1983 | |||||
1984 | 2 | ||||
1985 | 3 | ||||
1986 | 6 | ||||
1987 | 8 | 7 | |||
1988 | 8 | ||||
1989 | 9 | 11 | |||
1990 | 11 | 13 | |||
1991 | 12 | ||||
1992 | 1 | 15 | 14 | ||
1993 | 16 | 16 | |||
1994 | 17 | 19 | |||
1995 | 20 | 21 | |||
1996 | 2 | 22 | |||
1997 | 5 | 23 | 25 | ||
1998 | 26 | 26 | |||
1999 | |||||
2000 | 27 | ||||
2001 | 7 | 27 | |||
2002 | |||||
2003 | |||||
2004 | |||||
2005 | |||||
2006 | |||||
2007 | 28 | ||||
2008 | |||||
2009 | |||||
2010 | 1 | ||||
2011 | |||||
2012 | |||||
2013 | 2 | ||||
2014 | 8 | 4 | |||
2015 | 1 | 6 | |||
2016 | 9 | 2 | 7 | ||
2017 | 6 | 9 | |||
2018 | 10 | 8 | 11 | ||
2019 | 9 | 13 | |||
2020 | 12 | 15 | |||
2021 | |||||
2022 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 16 |
Country | Availability |
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Austria | Available |
Belgium | Not available |
Bulgaria | Not available |
Croatia | Not available |
Cyprus | Available |
Czechia | Available |
Denmark | Available |
Estonia | Available |
Finland | Not available |
France | Available |
Germany | Available |
Greece | Not available |
Hungary | Not available |
Ireland | Available |
Italy | Available |
Latvia | Not available |
Lithuania | Available |
Luxembourg | Not available |
Malta | Not available |
Netherlands | Not available |
Norway | Available |
Poland | Not available |
Portugal | Available |
Romania | Not available |
Slovakia | Not available |
Slovenia | Available |
Spain | Available |
Sweden | Available |
Türkiye | Not available |
Country | Proportion in opioid agonist treatment | Syringes per person who injects drugs | Number people who inject drugs |
---|---|---|---|
Croatia | 0.5 | 43 | 6344 |
Cyprus | 0.17 | 8 | 627 |
Czechia | 0.59 | 232 | 40500 |
Finland | 0.18 | 264 | 25000 |
France | 0.78 | 118 | 106857 |
Greece | 0.85 | 234 | 2462 |
Italy | 0.27 | 5 | 105652 |
Latvia | 0.1 | 145 | 7715 |
Lithuania | 0.15 | 30 | 8868 |
Luxembourg | 0.86 | 523 | 822 |
Norway | 0.86 | 482 | 7878 |
Portugal | 0.64 | 86 | 13162 |
Spain | 0.9 | 181 | 8582 |
Belgium | 0.72 | 172 | 7018 |
City | Country | lat | lon | Number of facilities |
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Brussels | Belgium | 50.84 | 4.35 | 1 |
Liege | Belgium | 50.6278 | 5.57459 | 1 |
Aarhus | Denmark | 56.14597 | 10.19845 | 1 |
Copenhagen | Denmark | 55.67453 | 12.5677 | 2 |
Odense | Denmark | 55.39509 | 10.38202 | 1 |
Vejle | Denmark | 55.70232 | 9.522832 | 1 |
Paris | France | 48.8539 | 2.34879 | 1 |
Strasbourg | France | 48.579 | 7.73633 | 1 |
Berlin | Germany | 52.504671 | 13.3945135 | 3 |
Bielefeld | Germany | 52.02656 | 8.540516 | 1 |
Bochum | Germany | 51.4815 | 7.2244 | 1 |
Bonn | Germany | 50.78 | 7.1778 | 1 |
Dortmund | Germany | 51.56247 | 7.45377 | 1 |
Düsseldorf | Germany | 51.2397 | 6.6778 | 1 |
Essen | Germany | 51.4798 | 7.0569 | 1 |
Frankfurt | Germany | 50.20948 | 8.76 | 4 |
Hamburg | Germany | 53.56828 | 9.999227 | 5 |
Hannover | Germany | 52.37608 | 9.73263 | 1 |
Karlsruhe | Germany | 49.012 | 8.390306 | 1 |
Köln | Germany | 50.93167 | 6.949464 | 1 |
Münster | Germany | 51.95222 | 7.623233 | 1 |
Saarbrücken | Germany | 49.24041 | 6.98665 | 1 |
Troisdorf | Germany | 50.818 | 7.14125 | 1 |
Wuppertal | Germany | 51.24225 | 7.158186 | 1 |
Athens | Greece | 38 | 23.7 | 1 |
Esch-sur-Alzette | Luxembourg | 49.50245 | 5.97222 | 1 |
Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 49.6503 | 6.2512 | 1 |
Almere | Netherlands | 52.3829 | 5.2887 | 1 |
Amsterdam | Netherlands | 52.414 | 4.90793 | 3 |
Apeldoorn | Netherlands | 52.1813 | 6.00827 | 1 |
Arnhem | Netherlands | 51.98497 | 5.899034 | 1 |
Deventer | Netherlands | 52.29638 | 6.178408 | 1 |
Enschede | Netherlands | 52.1988 | 6.87604 | 1 |
Haarlem | Netherlands | 52.389 | 4.6896 | 1 |
Heerlen | Netherlands | 50.8888 | 5.9811 | 1 |
Leeuwarden | Netherlands | 53.1987 | 5.8322 | 1 |
Leiden | Netherlands | 52.1597 | 4.4811544 | 1 |
Maastricht | Netherlands | 50.8541 | 5.69063 | 1 |
Nijmegen | Netherlands | 51.81272 | 5.842056 | 2 |
Roermond | Netherlands | 51.2248 | 5.9753 | 1 |
Rotterdam | Netherlands | 51.8882 | 4.6136 | 4 |
s-Hertogenbosch | Netherlands | 51.69714 | 5.305474 | 1 |
Tilburg | Netherlands | 51.60593 | 5.14963 | 1 |
Utrecht | Netherlands | 52.086 | 5.1127 | 1 |
Vlissingen | Netherlands | 51.42818 | 3.52915 | 1 |
Zwolle | Netherlands | 52.54429 | 6.09052 | 1 |
Bergen | Norway | 60.3954 | 5.33062 | 1 |
Oslo | Norway | 59.920979 | 10.753526 | 1 |
Porto | Portugal | 41.149 | -8.610 | 1 |
Lisbon | Portugal | 38.716311 | -9.142432 | 2 |
Badalona | Spain | 41.450142 | 2.24742 | 1 |
Barcelona | Spain | 41.3825 | 2.1769 | 9 |
Bilbao | Spain | 43.2569 | -2.9236 | 1 |
Lleida | Spain | 41.61898 | 0.6201 | 1 |
Reus | Spain | 41.14994 | 1.10571 | 2 |
Sant Adrià de Besòs | Spain | 41.430599 | 2.21824 | 1 |
Tarragona | Spain | 41.1186 | 1.24047 | 1 |
Hidden tables for page
ID | Term |
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10 | WHO target for opioid agonist treatment provision |
20 | Proportion of high-risk opioid users receiving opioid agonist treatment |
30 | WHO 2020 target for needle and syringe distribution |
40 | Number of sterile syringes per person who injects drugs per year |
45 | Number people who inject drugs |
50 | Click to zoom in. Number of sites: |
90 | Number of countries |
60 | sites |
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European Drug Report 2023: Trends and Developments
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