Legality
Tramadol legal status by country
Also known as: ultram
Countries where the legal status of Tramadol 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 Tramadol in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- Aceh (Indonesia)Not covered by Aceh's Qanun Jinayat, and the national capital penalties that attach to golongan I narcotics...
- AlbaniaTramadol is not listed in the narcotic, psychotropic and plant tables annexed to Ligji nr. 7975, datë...
- Antigua and BarbudaNot listed, although the Act is dense with opioids. This is a positive finding of absence and not a deferral....
- ArgentinaControlled. Named individually in Anexo I, Fila 855 of Decreto 560/2019 as substituted by Decreto 122/2026,...
- ArmeniaControlled in Armenia. The annex to Government Decision N 1129-Ն of 21 August 2003, at controlled lists 1 to...
- AustraliaPrescription only medicine under the Poisons Standard; no Commonwealth criminal drug status. F2026L01327...
- AustriaControlled in Austria as a Suchtgift, a narcotic in the strict statutory sense. In the Suchtgiftverordnung,...
- BahamasNot listed in the Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act (Application) Order, 1994 (S.I. 77 of 1994) as those...
- BahrainControlled. Tramadol is placed in Group I Schedule 3 of the annex, by Decision 39 of 2016, in Bahrain's Law...
- BangladeshTramadol is named in Class 'kha' at serial 4 of the First Schedule, between Synthetic Canabinoids and...
- BarbadosNot a controlled drug within section 3 in Barbados. Under the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Cap....
- BelarusTramadol is regulated in Belarus, and it is regulated somewhere other than the narcotics annexes. The route...
- BelgiumTramadol is a controlled substance in Belgium because it is listed. The Royal Decree of 6 September 2017...
- Bermuda (UK)Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Tramadol is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of...
- BrazilControlled in Brazil. The entry read is item 13 of lista A2, narcotic substances of permitted use only in...
- BruneiNot a controlled drug in Brunei. Absent from Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IIIA of the First Schedule to...
- BulgariaControlled. Tramadol is a named entry of Списък III of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на растенията и...
- CambodiaTramadol is handled as a controlled prescription medicine under Cambodia's Law on Drug Control (four Tables...
- CanadaTramadol is a Schedule I controlled substance under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and item 19 of...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 2, the lista of substances that do not produce those grave effects.
- ChinaTramadol is a Category II Psychotropic Controlled Substance in China (single-ingredient since 2007;...
- ColombiaControlled. Anexo Técnico 1 of Resolución 116 de 2026, the Ministry of Health resolution of 27 January 2026...
- CroatiaTramadol is not named in the Popis droga, psihotropnih tvari i biljaka iz kojih se može dobiti droga te tvari...
- CyprusControlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law of 1977 (Law No. 29/1977, as amended;...
- CzechiaNot listed. Tramadol is not printed as an entry in any of the eight seznamy of nařízení vlády č. 463/2013 Sb....
- DenmarkControlled under the Danish euphoriants legislation. Named on liste B of bekendtgoerelse nr. 405 af 26. marts...
- Dominican RepublicNot listed. Tramadol has no entry. It is a fully synthetic cyclohexanol and not a derivative of opium, so...
- EgyptControlled as a narcotic substance in the second section of Egypt's Table 1. «الجدول رقم (١) - الجواهر...
- EstoniaTramadol 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. Tramadol is named on liste B nr. 442 of bekendtgørelse nr. 495 af 26. maj...
- FinlandNot a narcotic in Finland. Tramadol is not named in any annex of valtioneuvoston asetus huumausaineina...
- FranceTramadol is not carried by either French closed list. The dossier's finding for this row is recorded in the...
- GeorgiaTramadol is not carried on Georgia's narcotics lists and it is not therefore unregulated. The dossier records...
- GermanyTramadol is not a scheduled narcotic in Germany, which is a genuine divergence from a number of countries...
- GhanaTramadol is a controlled substance for medical supply in Ghana and is not named in the Fifth, Sixth or...
- GreeceControlled narcotic under Law 4139/2013. Tramadol is entry 47 of ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ Δ, the fourth 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. Tramadol, searched also as...
- Hong KongNot a dangerous drug under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap. 134). Controlled as a medicine under the...
- HungaryNot listed. Tramadol is not a named entry of the K1 or K2 jegyzék in the 1. melléklet, of the P1, P2, P3 or...
- IcelandControlled in Iceland. It is printed in Fylgiskjal I as "Tramadol", and the row identifies it by the printed...
- IndiaControlled in India. The matched entry reads «110Y Tramadol», at serial 110Y of the Act's Schedule, the list...
- IndonesiaNot a narkotika and not a psikotropika under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika...
- IranTramadol has no entry of its own in Iran’s recovered drug instruments: it is not named in the Anti-Narcotics...
- IraqControlled psychotropic. Statement 197 of 2021 added tramadol to Schedule Eight at serial 63, printed as...
- IrelandNot a controlled drug in Ireland. The placement recorded for this row is: No controlled-drug schedule; 2010...
- ItalyControlled as a medicinal substance. The Ministry of Health compilation carries «tramadolo» and routes it...
- JapanTramadol is not a controlled substance in Japan. The Narcotics Control Department says so in terms on its...
- JordanTramadol is a narcotic drug under Law No. 23 of 2016, the Jordanian narcotic drugs and psychotropic...
- KazakhstanTramadol is named in Kazakhstan's controlled list. The first of the three documents Government Resolution No....
- KenyaControlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act, Cap. 245, by name in the First...
- KuwaitControlled substance under Decree Law 159 of 2025. Tramadol is listed at Group 2, table 4, serial P4-88, and...
- KyrgyzstanControlled in Kyrgyzstan. Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 152 of 26 March 2025 names tramadol in its...
- LaosTramadol is a controlled prescription medicine in Laos under Law 07/NA and the MoH...
- LatviaTramadol is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into force...
- LebanonNot a controlled substance under Law 673 of 16 March 1998 on the version read: it is not named in the four...
- LithuaniaTramadol is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 names tramadol. The entry relied on reads «Tramadolis...
- MacauNot listed in Macau. Tramadol is named in none of Tables I to VI of Law 17/2009 as replaced in full by Law...
- MalaysiaTramadol is a poison under the Poisons Act 1952, listed in the Poisons List as «Tramadol; its salts» with...
- MaldivesTramadol is a controlled prescription medicine under the MFDA and the strict Drug Act (Law 17/2011), which...
- MaltaTramadol is governed by the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance, Chapter 31, and not by the Dangerous...
- MexicoTramadol is named in Mexican law as a psychotropic, in the third of the five groups of article 245 of the Ley...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova as a substance, with its preparations outside the entry. Tramadol is in Table II,...
- MontenegroControlled in Montenegro. The operative list is the Pravilnik o utvrđivanju spiska droga, psihotropnih...
- MyanmarIllegal in Myanmar. Tramadol is listed at the Myanmar-specific portion of Notification 24/2025, and that...
- NetherlandsTramadol is not named in lijst I, lijst IA or lijst II, which sets the Netherlands apart from several...
- New ZealandControlled, and named rather than inferred. Schedule 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 names or describes...
- NigeriaLawful as a registered medicine at approved strengths, and not prohibited as a substance. The control is on...
- North MacedoniaNot a controlled drug under the classification lists. The lists carry no row for трамадол, and the instrument...
- NorwayControlled in Norway. Tramadol is named in the narkotikaliste, the list made under section 4 of the Forskrift...
- OmanControlled, and outside the death penalty article. Tramadol is named in Group II, Table 3, serial 10 of the...
- ParaguayControlled under national control. Named on the Lista de Sustancias Psicoactivas de Control Nacional that...
- PeruThis substance is carried by Peru's controlling schedule. Anexo N. 2 of the Reglamento approved by Decreto...
- PhilippinesNot a dangerous drug on the text read: tramadol is not listed in the Dangerous Drugs Board's Updated Lists of...
- PolandNot named in the Polish national list. Tramadol appears in none of the three annexes, so it is not a...
- PortugalTramadol is a prescription-only medicine (MSRM) in Portugal and is generally not listed in the...
- QatarControlled as a psychotropic medicine in Qatar under Law No. 19 of 1993, named at entry 75 of the Ministry of...
- RomaniaTramadol is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads...
- 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 ArabiaTramadol is a controlled narcotic/psychotropic in Saudi Arabia under the Law of Combating Narcotics (Royal...
- SerbiaTramadol is a controlled substance in Serbia. The dossier behind this cell places it on the Spisak...
- SingaporeNot a controlled drug under this Act. Tramadol is in no Part of the First Schedule. The Fifth Schedule, Part...
- SlovakiaTramadol is not listed in the Slovak narcotic and psychotropic schedule. Act No. 139/1998 carries one closed...
- SloveniaNot named in the annex. A search of every named row of the annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih...
- South AfricaControlled as a Schedule 5 substance under the Medicines and Related Substances Act 101 of 1965, as at the...
- South KoreaTramadol is a prescription (ETC) medicine in South Korea and, unusually for an opioid, is NOT classified as a...
- SpainNot a controlled substance on the text read: Tramadol 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): Group B Section...
- SwedenControlled. Tramadol is named in Förteckning III of the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are...
- SwitzerlandControlled. The federal schedule ordinance BetmVV-EDI carries tramadol in list b, where the entry reads...
- TaiwanCategory 4 narcotic (第四級毒品) under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例), named at...
- TajikistanControlled in Tajikistan as a potent substance, not as a narcotic or psychotropic substance. Annex 1 to...
- ThailandTramadol is not named in Thailand's criminal drug schedules. A substance specific sweep, run in Thai and by...
- TurkeyTramadol is a controlled substance in Turkey and the dossier carries it under the schedule name tramadol, a...
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)Tramadol is controlled federally. Federal Schedule IV under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR...
- UkraineRecorded in Ukraine as a medicine rather than as a scheduled substance, and this is the weakest of the...
- United Arab EmiratesTramadol appears twice in Decision No. 158 of 2025. It is placed at Schedule 8, item 79, at the printed entry...
- United KingdomControlled as a Class C drug. Part III of Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 names it at paragraph...
- United StatesControlled. Schedule IV under the Controlled Substances Act, at 21 CFR 1308.14(b)(3). Named inside a parent...
- UruguayControlled. The national list is the Anexo I enacted by article 6 of Decreto 198/025 of 25 September 2025,...
- UzbekistanControlled in Uzbekistan. Tramadol is named in its own row of the quantity annexes to Cabinet of Ministers...
- VietnamControlled. Tramadol is printed in List IIA of the danh mục annexed to Nghị định 28/2026/NĐ-CP, in force 19...
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Not individually verified
For these 123 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Tramadol 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
- Algeria
- American Samoa (US)
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla (UK)
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Azerbaijan
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- British Virgin Islands (UK)
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- 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
- Gibraltar (UK)
- Guam (US)
- Guatemala
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- North Korea
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Russia
- 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 Sudan
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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