As of 2022, which country is the world’s biggest opium producer?

  • A. China
  • B. India
  • C. Afghanistan
  • D. Nepal

Correct Answer: C. Afghanistan

Afghanistan has been the world’s leading illicit opium producer. In 2007, 93% of the non-pharmaceutical-grade opiates on the world market originated in Afghanistan. As of 2017, opium production provides about 400,000 jobs in Afghanistan. Opium is used to produce heroin and other synthetic opioids for medicinal use and for the illegal drug trade.

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