Overview

• Illegal cocaine production in 2023 jumped to 3,708 tons, up nearly 34 percent from 2022 due to expanded coca bush cultivation and higher yields in Colombia.
• Global cocaine seizures reached a record 2,275 tons in 2023, marking a 68 percent rise over the past four years.
• The number of cocaine users worldwide climbed to 25 million in 2023, compared with 17 million a decade earlier.
• North America, Western and Central Europe, and South America remain the largest markets even as traffickers break into new consumer regions across Asia and Africa.
• Seizures of amphetamine-type stimulants also reached record levels in 2023, accounting for almost half of all global synthetic drug busts.