The CIA World Factbook Edition 2025, the latest with this field Transnational Issues

Illicit drugs In 36 editions of 36.

Illicit drugs was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2025 edition carries it in 38 entries, in its Transnational Issues section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2025 edition
38
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Illicit drugs” (1990 to 2025).

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Entries with Illicit drugs in each edition

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Africa

2 entries

Nigeria

USG identification:
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

South Africa

USG identification:
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

Asia

5 entries

Afghanistan

USG identification:
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country
  • major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

China

USG identification:
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country
  • major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

India

USG identification:
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country
  • major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

Korea, South now South Korea

USG identification:
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

Pakistan

USG identification:
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country
  • major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

Central America and the Caribbean

11 entries

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

USG identification:
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country (2025)

Belize

USG identification:
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country (2025)

Costa Rica

USG identification:
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country
  • major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

Dominican Republic

USG identification:
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country (2025)

El Salvador

USG identification:
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country
  • major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

Guatemala

USG identification:
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country
  • major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

Haiti

USG identification:
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country (2025)

Honduras

USG identification:
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country
  • major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

Jamaica

USG identification:
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country (2025)

Nicaragua

USG identification:
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country (2025)

Panama

USG identification:
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country (2025)

Europe

5 entries

Belgium

USG identification:
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

Germany

USG identification:
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

Netherlands

USG identification:
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

Poland

USG identification:
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

United Kingdom

USG identification:
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

Middle East

2 entries

Akrotiri

NA

United Arab Emirates

USG identification:
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

North America

2 entries

Canada

USG identification:
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

Mexico

USG identification:
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country
  • major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

South America

6 entries

Bolivia

USG identification:
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country
  • major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

Brazil

USG identification:
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

Colombia

USG identification:
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country
  • major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

Ecuador

USG identification:
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country
  • major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

Peru

USG identification:
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country
  • major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

Venezuela

USG identification:
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country
  • major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

Southeast Asia

5 entries

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

USG identification:
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country
  • major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

Hong Kong

USG identification:
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

Laos

USG identification:
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country (2025)

Taiwan

USG identification:
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

Thailand

USG identification:
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2025, “Illicit drugs”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/illicit-drugs.

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