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Which European Country Has the Highest Price of Cocaine?

Cocaine Retail Price (Street Prices) (USD per gram), 2012 or latest
Law & Crime | December 30, 2018
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Based on a comparison of 18 countries in 2012, USA ranked the highest in cocaine retail price on the street with USD 169 per gram followed by Sweden and Norway. On the other end of the scale was United Kingdom with USD 63.3 per gram, Portugal with USD 64.7 per gram and Netherlands with USD 67.0 per gram.

Average cocaine retail price on the street reached USD 82.6 per gram in 2012 in the World according to Europol. This is 5.17 % less than in the previous year and 12.8 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, average cocaine retail price on the street reached an all time high of USD 118 per gram in 1995 and an all time low of USD 70.0 per gram in 2000. The average annual growth amounted to -1.57 % since 1990.

Data for more countries are available at Cocaine Retail Price (Street Prices) indicator page.

Cocaine Retail Price (Street Prices) Unit 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Austria USD per gram 78.0 99.3 110 97.0 97.3
Belgium USD per gram 60.0 67.1 72.1 70.7 67.1
Denmark USD per gram 81.0 73.5 99.0 93.0 89.0
Finland USD per gram 100 110 154 139 106
France USD per gram 97.0 95.9 103 83.0 79.5
Germany USD per gram 74.0 86.2 91.0 87.0 86.9
Greece USD per gram 110 111 110 104 96.0
Ireland USD per gram 88.0 95.9 103 97.4 92.8
Italy USD per gram 104 112 111 99.0 91.6
Luxembourg USD per gram 106 89.1 89.1 89.0 166
Norway USD per gram 151 164 154 146 139
Spain USD per gram 76.0 83.2 89.0 83.0 79.5
Sweden USD per gram 101 96.4 138 104 111
Switzerland USD per gram 74.0 75.3 64.6 82.0 95.6
USA USD per gram 126 122 167 186 169 ... ...