Finland sees record drug deaths last year

There were a total of 333 drug-related deaths in Finland in 2025, according to Statistics Finland.

The number grew by 86 deaths from the previous year and was the highest ever recorded in the statistics.

The number of drug-related deaths increased for both sexes and in all age groups. Women's share of all drug-related deaths went up.

Compared to the previous year, the highest number of drug-related deaths was among the people of 25–34 age group but people of the 35–44 age group are also very close to the highest death number.

In 2025, 64 young people under the age of 25 died due to drug taking drugs, four of them were minors.

Earlier in September 2026, the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) said that a total of 604 deaths took place in Finland in 2025 due poisonings. Out of the deaths, 224 were due to drug poisonings, which was 15 higher than in the previous year (209).