Data source: https://dataunodc.un.org/dp-drug-prices-Europe-USA

Tool: Tableau

Interactive version:

https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/alex.l6463/viz/OneCokePlease/MakeoverMondayOneCokePlease3DecadesofEuropeanCocainePrices

Btw, can UK people confirm this? :
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If it is measured in US$ which no European country uses the measurement might be distorted, no?

Does a low price mean a higher density of supplying parties? I mean Belgium and Netherlands are quite cheap… as expected… how ever Portugal… never expected that. Looking at all countries the price isn’t probably based on purchasing power.

Are people seriously considering Lux as a valid data point to analyze country trends? The whole place is an easy afternoon stroll in a park.

It is indeed, the original UN data source (link in 1st comment) states that of course changing currency conversion rates can affect the data. But that could be the case with EUR too as many countries still have their old national currency

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An arrow would've been easier to understand at first glance instead of this cone and white circle and empty circle thing.

Valid point, cheers for the feedback!

Nevertheless It would be fun to have the Vatican City on it too :D

Portugal has a lot of daily flights and trade with Brazil, they and Spain being so cheap is not surprising at all.

Yes, since 2010 sterling has been absolutely fucked vs the USD. In 2010 the exchange rate was nearing 1.6:1, now its at 1.14:1. In gbp cocaine has remained a steady £80/g

ive seen a gram of very pure coke here in nl for 15 euro's

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its terrifying how cheap and how much there is here

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(not from an coke user but drug legalization advocate)

I always thought the Netherlands and Belgium where to biggest ‘hubs’. So I was more surprised Portugal became that big in such a relatively short time. But as you say, it’s quite logical, knowing about the ties with Brazil.

GBP dropped some 40% against the USD.. then the UK dropping out of EU made smuggling another 20% more expensive. Seems legit.

Well yeah most of it gets imported in the NL and then distributed through europe. That is why it is cheap here.

Yep

A lot goes to the uk these days surprisingly

Use is high here as well

The use amongst young people is decreasing tho but thats because 3mmc/4mmc are a lot better bang for buck compared and more popular than coke (also fiendish as fuck)

yep, and since then the USD is even stronger, definitely a big fx rate impact

From what I understand cocaine is decriminalized in Portugal. That could be a contributing factor

It seems odd that cocaine prices would be lower in Portugal considering it can be legally imported I believe to the Netherlands. Perhaps the market is oversaturated.

It's hard to believe very pure coke for 15 euros. I'm not saying it's Impossible, but even €50 considered a good price forl good coke.

Its the lowest ive seen

In my part of the country it hovers around 22/26 euros

Average price did increase but also the darknet gave people access to really strong m, competitively priced coke do it kind of balanced out.

The shit pub grub is probably went up 10-15% tops in my (academic) experience.

Another case where a line chart would be far more informative. Using novel charting methods purely for their novelty, when traditional forms are superior is not beautiful.

Coke is decriminalised in Portugal, and also they have major ties with Brazil, who I’m sure can supply a lot of it.

The y sorting here is not very intuitive, what are you trying to show? It seems like it is based on their highest value, so either 2010 or 2020 values are shown. Try sorting it by the 20[1,2]0 value only, or the delta between them.

I guess the one guy out of the 10 living in Luxembourg finally moved out.

Very good point! I corrected it in the interactive version ;)