According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 1.5 million people over the age of 12 used cocaine in 2014, or about 0.6 percent of the population. And while the heroin and opioid use is on the rise, usage rates for cocaine have been declining. This is in part because cocaine isn’t your most cost-effective high. According to the most recent National Drug Survey, the average price for a gram of cocaine is $78 per gram. So how much does cocaine cost in each country?
Using the U.N. World Drug Report and user-submitted data, the black-market site Havocscope compiled a list of how much cocaine costs around the world. Kuwait tops the price charts, at $330 a gram, while Colombia has the lowest prices at $3.50 per gram.
As you can see, there is a vast range in what you’ll pay for the white stuff. The farther you are from its sources—Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia account for all the harvest coca plants in the world—the more expensive it gets. For example, in Australia, it’s outrageously pricey at $300 a gram, but in Bolivia or Colombia, you can get pretty damn high for less than a Big Mac. In the U.S., prices range from $8 to $300, and that’s based on location (you can get it cheaper in Los Angeles, since it’s closer to the Mexican border than in the boonies) and cut (since cocaine is often diluted for greater profit).
Cocaine prices across the globe, from highest to lowest:
Kuwait
$330 per gram
United States
$300 to $8 per gram (according to the Global Drug Survey, the average is $62)
Australia
$300 per gram
Japan
$269.50 per gram
Egypt
$205.50 per gram
Ukraine
$189.60 per gram
Denmark
$180 per gram
New Zealand
$179.30 per gram
Moldova
$155.40 per gram
Norway
$154.45 per gram
Saudi Arabia
$133.50 per gram
Romania
$132.50 per gram
Estonia
$127.20 per gram
Iran
$126.30 per gram
Jordan
$126.30 per gram
Cyprus
$119.20 per gram
Philippines
$119 per gram
Pakistan
$118.70 per gram
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Latvia
$112.60 per gram
Montenegro
$111.20 per gram
Sweden
$110.60 per gram
Greece
$110.30 per gram
China
$106.90 per gram (Hong Kong)
Finland
$106 per gram
Czech Republic
$104.80 per gram
Croatia
$99.40 per gram
Austria
$97.30 per gram
Indonesia
$96.50 per gram
Switzerland
$95.60 per gram
Bulgaria
$94.90 per gram
Ireland
$92.70 per gram
Italy
$91.60 per gram
Serbia
$88.20 per gram
Germany
$86.90 per gram
Thailand
$86 per gram
Zimbabwe
$80 per gram
Israel
$80 per gram
Poland
$53 per gram
France
$79.50 per gram
Spain
$79.50 per gram
Albania
$79.50 per gram
Lithuania
$78.90 per gram
Turkey
$78.20 per gram
Hungary
$72.10 per gram
Belgium
$67.10 per gram
United Kingdom
$61.50 per gram
Portugal
$61 per gram
Netherlands
$58.70 per gram
Cuba
$56.70 per gram
Lebanon
$40 per gram
South Africa
$32.70 per gram
Nigeria
$32.50 per gram
El Salvador
$24 per gram
Paraguay
$20 per gram
Costa Rica
$17 per gram
Guatemala
$13.30 per gram
Brazil
$12 per gram
Haiti
$10 per gram
Chile
$8.80 per gram
Venezuela
$9.30 per gram
Honduras
$9.20 per gram
Dominican Republic
$8 per gram
Argentina
$5.90 per gram
Ecuador
$5 per gram
Peru
$4.50 per gram
Bolivia
$3.50 per gram
Colombia
$3.50 per gram
Editor’s note: This article is regularly updated for relevance.