Legality
Kratom legal status by country
Also known as: mitragyna speciosa, ketum
Countries where the legal status of Kratom has been confirmed against a primary source. Legal information, not legal advice; drug laws change, so confirm with the destination’s embassy or drug authority before you travel.
Confirmed legal status
Each row links to the full detail for Kratom in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- Aceh (Indonesia)Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) follows the national Indonesian status in Aceh, it is not a narcotic; the Qanun...
- Antigua and BarbudaNot listed, neither the tree nor its alkaloids. This is a positive finding of absence and not a deferral. The...
- ArgentinaControlled through a named constituent or member, not as a label. The row itself is not an entry. The...
- AustraliaProhibited under the Poisons Standard and a prohibited import; not a Criminal Code drug. F2026L01327 names...
- AustriaNot a designated drug in Austria, and the reason is a finding rather than a silence. Natural kratom leaf has...
- BahamasNot listed in the Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act (Application) Order, 1994 (S.I. 77 of 1994) as those...
- BahrainNot a controlled drug on the text read. Kratom is not named in any of the twelve tables annexed to Bahrain's...
- BangladeshKratom the plant is not named, but its two principal alkaloids are, and in the heaviest class: Mitragynine...
- BarbadosNot a controlled drug within section 3 in Barbados. Under the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Cap....
- BelgiumKratom is a controlled substance in Belgium because it is listed. The Royal Decree of 6 September 2017 prints...
- BrazilControlled in Brazil. The entry read is item 6 of lista E, the list of proscribed plants and fungi that can...
- BruneiClass D controlled drug. It sits in the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act, Chapter 27 of the Laws of...
- BulgariaControlled. Kratom is a named entry of Списък I of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на растенията и...
- CanadaKratom (Mitragyna speciosa) is not controlled in Canada. It is not scheduled under the Controlled Drugs and...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 1, the lista of substances capable of grave toxic effects or considerable...
- ChinaControlled, kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) was placed under national control in the Supplementary Catalogue of...
- ColombiaNot listed. Anexo Técnico 1 of Resolución 116 de 2026 carries no entry for kratom or Mitragyna speciosa as at...
- CroatiaKratom is listed in Croatia, in the psychotropic section for substances under Schedule 1 of the 1971...
- CyprusControlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law of 1977 (Law No. 29/1977, as amended;...
- CzechiaKratom is a psychomodulační látka, a psychomodulatory substance, in Czechia, and unlawful dealing in it is an...
- DenmarkControlled under the Danish euphoriants legislation. Named on liste B of bekendtgoerelse nr. 405 af 26. marts...
- Dominican RepublicNot listed. Neither the tree nor either of its principal alkaloids is named in the Categorías. The alkaloids...
- EgyptNot listed in any table of Egypt's Anti-Narcotics Law, Law 182/1960, as at 3 October 2026. Kratom, the leaf...
- EstoniaKratom is a controlled substance in Estonia. The national schedule is Annex 1 to Minister of Social Affairs...
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)Controlled in the Faroe Islands. Kratom is named on liste B nr. 262 of bekendtgørelse nr. 495 af 26. maj 2026...
- FinlandControlled, though not as a narcotic. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston asetus kuluttajamarkkinoilta kielletyistä...
- FranceKratom is classified as a narcotic in France. The consolidated order of 22 February 1990 fixing the list of...
- GermanyKratom (Mitragyna speciosa) is not controlled in Germany. It is not scheduled under the Narcotics Act (BtMG)...
- GreeceControlled narcotic under Law 4139/2013. Kratom is entry 130 of ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ Α, the first table, an entry that...
- GrenadaNot listed in the First Schedule to the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Chapter 84A, as that...
- HondurasNot a controlled drug for the purposes of Articles 311 to 313 of the Código Penal. Kratom, searched also as...
- Hong KongA dangerous drug in Hong Kong where it contains its controlled constituent. The plant is not named in Part I...
- HungaryNot listed. Kratom is not a named entry of the K1 or K2 jegyzék in the 1. melléklet, of the P1, P2, P3 or P4...
- IcelandControlled in Iceland. It is printed in Fylgiskjal I as "Kratom", with "Mitragyna speciosa" in the Annað nafn...
- IndiaNo Indian placement was found for it: it is not named in the Act's Schedule (list of psychotropic...
- IndonesiaNot a narkotika and not a psikotropika under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika...
- IranKratom has no entry of its own in Iran’s recovered drug instruments: it is not named in the Anti-Narcotics...
- IraqNot listed as at 22 September 2026. Neither the tree Mitragyna speciosa nor its alkaloids mitragynine and...
- IrelandKratom is a controlled drug in Ireland. The placement recorded for this row is: Schedule 1 product/plant...
- IsraelControlled. Named in the First Schedule of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance [New Version], 5733-1973 at חלק א'...
- ItalyControlled. The Ministry of Health compilation of the DPR 309/1990 tables carries «mitraginina; kratom» as an...
- JapanKratom material in a form ready for use on the body is listed in Japan as a 指定薬物 product, a designated...
- JordanWhether Kratom is currently scheduled under Law No. 23 of 2016, the Jordanian narcotic drugs and psychotropic...
- KazakhstanKratom is a plant and Kazakhstan's Resolution works on substances, so the answer on this row is split. The...
- KenyaNot a controlled drug under Cap. 245 on the text read: it is not named in the First Schedule of narcotic...
- KuwaitControlled substance under Decree Law 159 of 2025. Kratom is listed at Group 1, table 5, serial N5-7, which...
- KyrgyzstanControlled in Kyrgyzstan. Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 152 of 26 March 2025 names kratom in its...
- LatviaKratom is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into force and...
- LebanonNot a controlled substance under Law 673 of 16 March 1998 on the version read: it is not named in the four...
- LithuaniaKratom is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 names kratom. The entry relied on reads «Puošnioji vožtė ir...
- MacauNot listed in Macau. Kratom is named in none of Tables I to VI of Law 17/2009 as replaced in full by Law...
- MalaysiaKratom is controlled in Malaysia through its alkaloid and under the Poisons Act 1952, not the Dangerous Drugs...
- MaltaWhich Maltese ordinance governs kratom is not established. Malta runs two drug ordinances and a cell that...
- MexicoKratom is not a controlled substance by name in Mexico. It is not named in article 234 of the Ley General de...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. Kratom is in Table II, «Tabelul național II. Substanțe, plante și medicamente care...
- MyanmarIllegal in Myanmar, and it is the leaf's alkaloid content that does it. Notification 24/2025 names...
- NetherlandsKratom and Mitragyna speciosa are not named in lijst I, lijst IA or lijst II, and neither is any of its...
- New ZealandNot a controlled drug on the text cited, and the absence was tested rather than assumed. Kratom, the leaf of...
- NigeriaNot separately listed. Kratom, Mitragyna speciosa is not named in the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency...
- NorwayControlled in Norway. Kratom is named in the narkotikaliste, the list made under section 4 of the Forskrift...
- OmanNot listed in the annex to the Law on Combating Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances issued by Royal Decree...
- PeruThis substance is carried by Peru's controlling schedule through the list of nuevas sustancias psicoactivas...
- PhilippinesNot a dangerous drug on the text read: kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) is not listed in the Dangerous Drugs...
- PolandControlled. Poland names both the plant and its principal alkaloid in its own national list. «MITRAGYNA...
- PortugalKratom (Mitragyna speciosa) is controlled in Portugal as a new psychoactive substance under Decreto-Lei...
- QatarKratom is not named in Table 1, Table 2 or Table 4 of Law No. 9 of 1987, and it is on none of the three...
- RomaniaKratom is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads «Mitragyna speciosa Korth (Kratom)», located at...
- RussiaControlled through its mitragynine or 7-hydroxymitragynine content. The dossier's explanation for this row...
- Saint LuciaNot a named entry in Schedule 2 to the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Cap. 3.02, in any of Part I, Part II...
- Saudi ArabiaKratom is expressly named in Saudi Arabia rather than inferred. The plant is listed in Schedule IV of the...
- SerbiaKratom is a controlled substance in Serbia. The dossier behind this cell places it on the Spisak...
- SingaporeClass A controlled drug. Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (Singapore), First Schedule, Part 1 (Class A Drugs), entry...
- SlovakiaKratom is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 names kratom. The entry relied on reads «Kratom...
- SloveniaControlled in Slovenia. The annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih drog names kratom, Mitragyna...
- South KoreaKratom is controlled in South Korea, categorised as a psychotropic under the Narcotics Control Act (reported...
- SpainNot a controlled substance on the text read: Kratom is not named in Anexo 1 or Anexo 2 of Real Decreto...
- Sri LankaDangerous drug under Sri Lanka's Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218): Third Schedule,...
- SurinameIllegal. Lijst III, which S.B. 2018 no. 64 annexed to the act, prints in Tabel III the entry 'Plant-based...
- SwedenControlled. Mitragyna speciosa is named in Förteckning I of the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are...
- SwitzerlandControlled through its alkaloids. The plant name is not the operative entry, and BetmVV-EDI instead carries...
- TaiwanCategory 3 narcotic (第三級毒品) under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例), named at...
- TajikistanControlled in Tajikistan as a plant. Row 6 of Перечень 4 of Annex 1 to the Criminal Code, plants containing...
- ThailandKratom is not named in Thailand's criminal drug schedules. A substance specific sweep, run in Thai and by...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine as a narcotic plant by its own named entry. The list prints «Листя (подрібнене чи ціле)...
- United KingdomNot a controlled drug. Kratom, the leaf of Mitragyna speciosa, is not named in Schedule 2 to the Misuse of...
- United StatesNot a federally controlled substance. It is in no schedule of 21 CFR 1308.11 to 1308.15 and no federal drug...
- UruguayNot placed, and the finding now rests on the current list rather than a superseded one. kratom is not named...
- VietnamNot named in the danh mục. Kratom/Mitragyna speciosa is not named as a controlled plant, and neither...
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Not individually verified
For these 137 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Kratom specifically is scheduled under it. These are not legal answers and are deliberately not published as their own pages. Confirm with the country’s drug authority or your embassy.
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa (US)
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla (UK)
- Armenia
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda (UK)
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- British Virgin Islands (UK)
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (UK)
- Fiji
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Gibraltar (UK)
- Guam (US)
- Guatemala
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Laos
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe