Eduardo Valencia

Coca Cultivation in Selected Andean Countries: Trends in Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia

Infografik | 2025

This is one of four visual explorations of data from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). For their landing page, click here.


  • Coca bush cultivation is the starting point of the cocaine supply chain. This visualization uses annual estimates from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to examine cultivation trends in the three main producing countries: Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia. Together, these countries account for nearly all global coca production (DEA Museum).

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    Source: Individual country reports for the UNODC Global Illicit Crop Monitoring Programme (ICMP)


    Bibliography:

    Drug Enforcement Administration Museum. "Coca." Cannabis, Coca, and Poppy: Nature’s Addictive Plants, U.S. Department of Justice, https://museum.dea.gov/exhibits/online-exhibits/cannabis-coca-and-poppy-natures-addictive-plants/coca. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.

    UNODC. "UNODC and Illicit Crop Monitoring." https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/crop-monitoring/. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.


    Visualizing Drug Flows: Maritime Routes, Cocaine Seizures, and Coca Cultivation

    This visual exploration examines two distinct aspects of drug trafficking using seizure data from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The first focuses on maritime drug trafficking, analyzing sea-related seizures that occurred in ports, harbors, territorial waters, rivers, or aboard vessels. The second shifts to cocaine paste (pasta básica), exploring the scale, distribution, and concentration of large interdictions. Through interactive visualizations, this exploration provides insights into where and how major drug seizures take place, offering a data-driven perspective on interdiction patterns.

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