Most methamphetamine trafficking remains intra-regional, although some inter-regional trafficking has also been detected in recent years.
The largest markets for methamphetamine – and most intra-regional trafficking – remain in East and South-East Asia and North America, although trafficking has expanded rapidly in Africa, Europe, the Near and Middle East and South-West Asia in recent years.
Data on reported countries of departure between 2021–2024 suggest that methamphetamine trafficking remains largely intra-regional, with 70 to 94 per cent of reported departure countries located within the same region as the reporting country (except in Oceania).
Key departure countries vary by region: Afghanistan was the main country reported in Asia for the first time, followed by Myanmar and the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mexico dominates in the Americas; the Kingdom of the Netherlands followed by Czechia in Europe; Nigeria followed by South Africa in Africa; and the United States and Canada in Oceania.
