Research publications
UNODC publishes survey reports carried out by UNODC in collaboration with national governments in the field of illicit drug cultivation and production, drug use, victimization and corruption. It also publishes comparative regional and international analysis of data related to crime and drugs together with standards and recommendations in the field of drug and crime statistics.
Statistical publications
September 2023
- 21/09/2023 - Global progress report on Sustainable Development Goal 16 indicators: A wake-up call for action on peace, justice and inclusion
- 12/09/2023 - Colombia - Monitoreo de los territorios con presencia de cultivos de coca 2022
- 11/09/2023 - Understanding Illegal Methamphetamine Manufacture in Afghanistan
- 10/09/2023 - UNODC Drugs Monitoring Platform Brief: Update on patterns and trends in heroin and methamphetamine trafficking from 2020 to 2022 for Afghanistan and neighbouring regions
- 10/09/2023 - Understanding Illegal Methamphetamine Manufacture in Afghanistan
March 2023
- 23/03/2023 - Smuggling of migrants in the Sahel
- 16/03/2023 - Global report on cocaine 2023
February 2023
- 28/02/2023 - Fuel Trafficking in the Sahel
- 20/02/2023 - Meurtres de femmes et de filles liés au genre (fémicides/féminicides)
- 20/02/2023 - Asesinatos de mujeres y niñas por razones de género (femicidio/feminicidio)
- 14/02/2023 - Firearms trafficking in the Sahel
January 2023
- 31/01/2023 - TRAFFICKING IN MEDICAL PRODUCTS IN THE SAHEL
- 26/01/2023 - Myanmar Opium Survey 2022
- 24/01/2023 - Global Report on Tra̪fficking in Persons 2022
December 2022
- 08/12/2022 - Mexico - Opium Survey 2019-2020 - Spanish with a summary in English
November 2022
- 29/11/2022 - Bolivia - Monitoreo de cultivos de coca 2021
- 29/11/2022 - Bolivia Coca Survey 2021 - Fact Sheet and Executive Summary
- 28/11/2022 - Guidelines for the production of statistical data by the police
- 23/11/2022 - Gender-related killings of women and girls (femicide/feminicide)
- 14/11/2022 - Prison research: a pilot study on the causes of recidivism in Albania, Czechia and Thailand
- 10/11/2022 - ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE AND CLIMATE CHANGE - Joining the dots
October 2022
- 20/10/2022 - Colombia Coca Survey 2021 - Executive Summary (in English)
- 20/10/2022 - Colombia - Monitoreo de territorios afectados por cultivos ilícitos 2021
- 19/10/2022 - False trades: uncovering the scale and scope of trafficking in cultural property
September 2022
- 26/09/2022 - Monitoreo del ODS 16 - Una perspectiva de genero
- 26/09/2022 - Data Matters No. 04 - Monitoring SDG 16: A gender perspective
- 25/09/2022 - Illicit financial flows from trafficking of opiates along the northern route
July 2022
- 26/07/2022 - Research brief - Does the increase in opium poppy cultivation contribute to food insecurity in Afghanistan?
- 19/07/2022 - Cocaine Insights 4 - Brazil in the regional and transatlantic cocaine supply chain: The impact of COVID-19
June 2022
- 16/06/2022 - UNODC Drugs Monitoring Platform Brief: Latest patterns and trends in drug trafficking modi operandi of heroin and methamphetamine originating in Afghanistan
May 2022
- 31/05/2022 - UNODC Drugs Monitoring Platform Brief: Patterns and trends in trafficking routes of heroin and methamphetamine originating in Afghanistan
April 2022
- 11/04/2022 - Myanmar Opium Survey 2021
- 08/04/2022 - Conflict in Ukraine: Key evidence on drug demand and supply
March 2022
- 24/03/2022 - Conflict in Ukraine: Key evidence on risks of trafficking in persons
- 18/03/2022 - Nigeria Cannabis Survey 2022
- 14/03/2022 - Cocaine Insights 3 - Women in the cocaine supply chain
November 2021
- 25/11/2021 - Killings of women and girls by their intimate partner or other family members - Global estimates 2020
- 15/11/2021 - Drug situation in Afghanistan 2021 - Latest findings and emerging threats
October 2021
- 25/10/2021 - Data Matters N0. 2
- 15/10/2021 - Afghan opiate trafficking through the southern route - 2015 - Russian
- 07/10/2021 - Cocaine Insights 2 - Cocaine: A spectrum of products
September 2021
- 30/09/2021 - UNODC Drugs Monitoring Platform Brief: The reach of nationally linked trafficking groups across Afghan opiate trafficking routes
- 07/09/2021 - Cocaine Insights 1 - The illicit trade of cocaine from Latin America to Europe from oligopolies to free-for-all?
August 2021
- 31/08/2021 - Bolivia Coca Survey 2020 - Fact Sheet and Executive Summary
- 31/08/2021 - Bolivia - Monitoreo de cultivos de coca 2020
July 2021
- 29/07/2021 - Colombia - Monitoreo de territorios afectados por cultivos ilícitos 2020
June 2021
- 24/06/2021 - Mexico - Opium Survey 2018-2019 - Spanish with a summary in English
- 09/06/2021 - Colombia Coca Survey 2020 - Fact Sheet (in English) and Executive Summary (in Spanish)
May 2021
- 03/05/2021 - Afghanistan opium survey 2020 - Cultivation and Production - Executive Summary (Updated)
April 2021
- 14/04/2021 - AT THE CROSSROADS OF LICIT AND ILLICIT - Tramadol and other pharmaceutical opioids trafficking in West Africa
March 2021
- 12/03/2021 - UNODC Drugs Monitoring Platform Brief: Possible impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on trafficking in opiates and methamphetamine originating in Afghanistan
February 2021
- 17/02/2021 - Afghanistan opium survey 2019 - Socio-economic survey report: Drivers, causes and consequences of opium poppy cultivation
- 12/02/2021 - Myanmar Opium Survey 2020 - Cultivation, Production, and Implications
- 02/02/2021 - Global Report on Trafficking in Persons
December 2020
- 14/12/2020 - Measuring Organized Crime in the Western Balkans
- 10/12/2020 - Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions on homicide and property crime
- 08/12/2020 - Gender and corruption in Nigeria
November 2020
- 25/11/2020 - What crime and helpline data say about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on reported violence against women and girls
July 2020
- 29/07/2020 - Plurinational State of Bolivia - Coca cultivation survey 2019 - Summary and fact sheet
- 29/07/2020 - Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia - Monitoreo de cultivos de coca 2019
- 28/07/2020 - Colombia -Monitoreo de territorios afectados por cultivos ilicitos 2019
- 15/07/2020 - Global Study on Firearms Trafficking 2020
- 13/07/2020 - The impact of COVID-19 on organized crime
- 10/07/2020 - Wildlife Crime Report 2020
- 08/07/2020 - COVID-19-related Trafficking of Medical Products as a Threat to Public Health
June 2020
- 17/06/2020 - Colombia - Survey of territories affected by illicit crops 2019 - Fact Sheet and Executive Summary (in Spanish)
May 2020
- 14/05/2020 - How COVID-19 restrictions and the economic consequences are likely to impact migrant smuggling and cross-border trafficking in persons to Europe and North America
- 07/05/2020 - COVID-19 and the drug supply chain: from production and trafficking to use
March 2020
- 26/03/2020 - Mexico - Opium Survey 2017-2018 - Spanish with a summary in English
February 2020
- 04/02/2020 - Myanmar Opium Survey 2019 - Cultivation and Production
November 2019
- 19/11/2019 - Opium poppy cultivation and sustainable development in Shan State, Myanmar
August 2019
- 22/08/2019 - Bolivia Informe Monitoreo Coca 2018
July 2019
- 29/07/2019 - Afghanistan opium survey 2018 - Challenges to sustainable development, peace and security
June 2019
- 26/06/2019 - Colombia - Monitoreo territorios afectados cultivos ilicitos 2018
January 2019
- 16/01/2019 - Drug Use Survey Nigeria - 2019
- 11/01/2019 - Myanmar Opium Survey 2018 - Cultivation and Production
- 07/01/2019 - Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2018 - booklet 1
- 06/01/2019 - Global Report on Trafficking in Persons - 2018
- 06/01/2019 - GLOTiP - Booklet 2 - Conflict
- 06/01/2019 - West and South Asia
- 06/01/2019 - Western and Southern Europe
- 06/01/2019 - Sub-Saharan Africa
- 06/01/2019 - South America
- 06/01/2019 - North America
- 06/01/2019 - North Africa and the Middle East
- 06/01/2019 - East Asia and the Pacific
- 06/01/2019 - Eastern Europe and Central Asia
- 06/01/2019 - Central and South-Eastern Europe
- 06/01/2019 - Central America and the Caribbean
December 2018
- 21/12/2018 - Trafficking in persons in the context of armed conflict - 2018
- 21/12/2018 - Peru - Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2017 - with summary in English
November 2018
- 29/11/2018 - Mexico - Opium Survey 2015-2016/2016-2017 - Spanish with a summary in English
- 25/11/2018 - Global Study on Homicide - Gender related killing of women and girls
- 19/11/2018 - Afghanistan opium survey 2018 - Cultivation and Production
October 2018
- 24/10/2018 - Manual on Corruption Surveys - Methodological guidelines on the measurement of bribery and other forms of corruption through sample surveys
September 2018
- 19/09/2018 - Colombia – Survey of territories affected by illicit crops 2017 – Summary and fact sheet
August 2018
- 22/08/2018 - Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia - Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2017
- 22/08/2018 - Plurinational State of Bolivia: Coca cultivation survey 2017 – Summary and fact sheet
May 2018
- 18/05/2018 - Afghanistan opium survey 2017 - Challenges to sustainable development, peace and security
December 2017
- 06/12/2017 - Myanmar - Opium Survey 2017
- 05/12/2017 - Peru - Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2016
- 05/12/2017 - Peru - Coca cultivation survey - Fact sheet, Exexutive summary in English
November 2017
- 15/11/2017 - Afghanistan opium survey 2017 - Cultivation and Production
October 2017
- 20/10/2017 - Global Synthetic Drugs Assessment - 2017
July 2017
- 18/07/2017 - Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2016
- 18/07/2017 - Colombia - Monitoreo de territorios afectados por cultivos ilícitos 2016
- 18/07/2017 - Colombia - Survey of territories affected by illicit crops 2016
May 2017
- 19/05/2017 - Afghanistan opium survey 2016 - Sustainable development in an opium production environment
March 2017
- 01/03/2017 - Evidence for enhancing resilience to opium poppy cultivation in Shan State, Myanmar
December 2016
- 24/12/2016 - Afghanistan opium survey 2016 - Cultivation and Production
- 21/12/2016 - Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2016
October 2016
- 23/10/2016 - Afghanistan - opium poppy survey - Cultivation and Production 2016
July 2016
- 13/07/2016 - Perú - Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2015
- 08/07/2016 - Colombia - Monitoreo de territorios afectados por cultivos ilícitos 2015 - Colombia
- 05/07/2016 - Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2015
June 2016
- 22/06/2016 - Mexico - Monitoreo de Cultivos de Amapola 2014-2015
- 22/06/2016 - Mexico - Monitoring of Opium Poppy Cultivation 2014-2015 (english version)
May 2016
- 31/05/2016 - Деньги от наркоторговли: доходы от незаконного оборота опиатов на “Балканском маршруте” 2015
- 24/05/2016 - World wildlife crime report 2016
March 2016
- 16/03/2016 - The Afghan Opiate Trade and Africa - A Baseline Assessment- 2016
- 08/03/2016 - The Afghan Opiate Trade and Africa - A Baseline Assessment 2016
December 2015
- 15/12/2015 - Southeast Asia Opium Survey 2015 - Lao PDR, Myanmar
- 13/12/2015 - Afghanistan opium survey 2015 - Cultivation and Production
November 2015
- 26/11/2015 - Drug Money - the illicit proceeds of opiates trafficked on the Balkan route
- 26/11/2015 - Drug Money: the illicit proceeds of opiates trafficked on the Balkan route - Executive summary
October 2015
- 14/10/2015 - Afghanistan opium survey 2015 - Executive Summary
July 2015
- 15/07/2015 - Peru - Informe Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2014 (Summary in English included)
- 02/07/2015 - Colombia - Coca cultivation survey 2014
- 02/07/2015 - Colombia - Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2014
June 2015
- 26/06/2015 - World Drug Report 2015
April 2015
- 20/04/2015 - Afghanistan opium survey 2014 - Socio-economic analysis
December 2014
- 08/12/2014 - Southeast Asia Opium Survey 2014 - Lao PDR, Myanmar
November 2014
- 24/11/2014 - Global report on trafficking in persons 2014
- 12/11/2014 - Afghanistan opium survey 2014 - Cultivation and production
August 2014
- 12/08/2014 - Colombia - Coca Cultivation Survey 2013
June 2014
- 26/06/2014 - Colombia - Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2013
- 26/06/2014 - World Drug Report 2014
- 23/06/2014 - Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia - Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2013
- 11/06/2014 - Perú - Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2013
April 2014
- 15/04/2014 - South-East Asia - Opium survey 2013 - Lao PDR, Myanmar
- 10/04/2014 - Global Study on Homicide - 2013
March 2014
- 27/03/2014 - Impacts of drug use on users and their families in Afghanistan
- 10/03/2014 - Обзор производства опия в Афганистане в 2013 году - Краткое изложение результатов исследования
December 2013
- 23/12/2013 - Afghanistan opium survey 2013
November 2013
- 13/11/2013 - Afghanistan opium survey 2013 - Summary findings
September 2013
- 24/09/2013 - Perú - Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2012
- 03/09/2013 - Transnational Organized Crime in Eastern Africa: A Threat Assessment
August 2013
- 09/08/2013 - Colombia: Coca cultivation survey 2012
- 09/08/2013 - Colombia: Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2012
- 06/08/2013 - Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia: Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2012
June 2013
- 26/06/2013 - World Drug Report 2013
May 2013
- 05/05/2013 - Afghanistan opium survey 2012
February 2013
- 25/02/2013 - Transnational Organized Crime in West Africa: A Threat Assessment
December 2012
- 10/12/2012 - Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2012
November 2012
- 20/11/2012 - Afghanistan opium survey 2012 - Summary findings
October 2012
- 31/10/2012 - South-East Asia Opium Survey 2012 - Lao PDR, Myanmar
- 11/10/2012 - Misuse of Licit Trade for Opiate Trafficking in Western and Central Asia: A Threat Assessment
September 2012
- 27/09/2012 - Afghanistan cannabis survey 2012 - Cultivation and Production
- 27/09/2012 - Perú: Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca, 2011
- 25/09/2012 - Afghanistan cannabis survey 2011 - Russian
- 24/09/2012 - Afghanistan cannabis survey 2011 - Cultivation and Production
- 17/09/2012 - Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia: Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2011
- 01/09/2012 - Transnational Organized Crime in Central America and the Caribbean: A Threat Assessment
- 01/09/2012 - Delincuencia Organizada Transnacional en Centroamérica y el Caribe: Una Evaluación de las Amenazas
July 2012
- 26/07/2012 - Colombia: Coca cultivation survey 2011
- 25/07/2012 - Colombia: Monitoreo de cultivos de coca 2011
- 19/07/2012 - Opiate flows through Northern Afghanistan and Central Asia: a threat assessment - Russian
June 2012
- 26/06/2012 - World Drug Report 2012
February 2012
- 03/02/2012 - Monitoring the impact of economic crisis on crime
January 2012
- 12/01/2012 - Afghanistan opium survey 2011 - Russian
- 12/01/2012 - Afghanistan opium survey 2011
December 2011
- 21/12/2011 - Criminalité organisée et instabilité en Afrique centrale - Une évaluation des menaces
- 15/12/2011 - South-East Asia - Opium survey 2011
October 2011
- 25/10/2011 - Estimating illicit financial flows resulting from drug trafficking and other transnational organized crimes
- 11/10/2011 - Afghanistan opium survey 2011 - Summary findings
- 06/10/2011 - 2011 Global Study on Homicide
September 2011
- 14/09/2011 - Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia: Monitoreo de cultivo de coca 2010
July 2011
- 01/07/2011 - Peru: Monitoreo de cultivos de coca 2010
- 01/07/2011 - Colombia: Monitoreo de cultivas de coca 2010
June 2011
- 28/06/2011 - Afghanistan cannabis survey 2010
- 23/06/2011 - World Drug Report 2011
May 2011
- 17/05/2011 - Corruption in the western Balkans: bribery as experienced by the population
January 2011
- 20/01/2011 - Afghanistan opium survey 2010 - Russian
- 20/01/2011 - Afghanistan opium survey 2010
December 2010
- 13/12/2010 - South-East Asia - Opium survey 2010 - Lao PDR, Myanmar
September 2010
- 30/09/2010 - Afghanistan opium survey 2010 - Summary findings
- 03/09/2010 - Manual on Victimization Surveys
June 2010
- 23/06/2010 - World Drug Report 2010
- 22/06/2010 - Ecuador - Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2009
- 22/06/2010 - Perú - Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2009
- 22/06/2010 - Colombia - Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2009
- 22/06/2010 - Colombia - Coca cultivation survey 2009
- 21/06/2010 - Drug Use in Afghanistan: 2009 Survey
- 17/06/2010 - The globalization of crime - A transnational organized crime threat assessment
March 2010
- 31/03/2010 - Afghanistan cannabis survey 2009 (English)
- 31/03/2010 - Afghanistan cannabis survey 2009 (Russian)
February 2010
- 24/02/2010 - Crime and instability: case studies of transnational threats
December 2009
- 17/12/2009 - Afghanistan opium survey - Dec 2009
- 14/12/2009 - Opium poppy cultivation in South-East Asia - Dec 2009
October 2009
- 21/10/2009 - ADDICTION CRIME AND INSURGENCY The transnational threat of Afghan opium
September 2009
- 02/09/2009 - Afghanistan opium survey - summary findings - Sept 2009
July 2009
- 07/07/2009 - Transnational Trafficking and the Rule of Law in West Africa: A Threat Assessment
June 2009
- 24/06/2009 - World Drug Report 2009
- 19/06/2009 - Bolivia coca cultivation survey - June 2009
March 2009
- 05/03/2009 - World Drug Report 2008 now available in Russian
February 2009
- 26/02/2009 - 100 Years of Drug Control
November 2008
- 27/11/2008 - Afghanistan opium survey - Nov 2008
October 2008
- 28/10/2008 - Tráfico de Droga como uma Ameaça á Segurança na África Ocidental
- 28/10/2008 - Le Trafic de Drogue comme Menace á la Sécurité en Afrique de l´Ouest
- 28/10/2008 - Drug Trafficking as a Security Threat in West Africa
June 2008
- 26/06/2008 - 2008 World Drug Report
October 2007
- 16/10/2007 - Afghanistan opium survey - Oct 2007
June 2007
- 26/06/2007 - 2007 World Drug Report
February 2006
- 09/02/2006 - Afghanistan - Opium Rapid Assessment Survey 2006
November 2005
- 01/11/2005 - Afghanistan opium survey 2005
October 2005
- 28/10/2005 - Myanmar opium survey - November 2005
July 2005
- 04/07/2005 - Maroc enquête sur le cannabis - may 2004
June 2005
- 15/06/2005 - Crime and Development in Africa
October 2003
- 01/10/2003 - Afghanistan opium survey 2003
