Annual cannabis use by country
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This is a list of the annual prevalence of cannabis use by country (including some territories) as a percentage of the population aged 15–64 (unless otherwise indicated). The indicator is an "annual prevalence" rate which is the percentage of the youth and adult population who have consumed cannabis at least once in the past survey year.
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Table
The primary source of information is the World Drug Report 2011 (WDR 2011),[1] some older numbers are from the World Drug Report 2006 (WDR 2006),[2] published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Country or entity | Annual prevalence (percent) |
Year | Sources, notes |
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Afghanistan | 4.3 | 2010 | [1] |
Albania | 1.8 | 2006 | [1] |
Algeria | 5.7 | 2006 | [1] |
American Samoa | 7.0 | 2007 | [1] |
Andorra | 14.6 | 2008 | [1] |
Angola | 2.1 | 1999 | [2] |
Antigua and Barbuda | 10.6 | 2005 | [1] |
Argentina | 7.2 | 2006 | [1] |
Armenia | 3.5 | 2003 | [1] |
Australia | 10.6 | 2007 | [1] |
Austria | 3.5 | 2008 | [1] |
Azerbaijan | 3.5 | 2004 | [1] |
Bahamas | 5.5 | 2008 | [1] |
Bahrain | 0.4 | [2] (tentative estimate) | |
Bangladesh | 3.3 | 2004 | [1] (15-54) |
Barbados | 8.3 | 2006 | [1] (12-65) |
Belarus | 1.1 | 2007 | [1] |
Belgium | 5.1 | 2008 | [1] |
Belize | 8.5 | 2005 | [1] (12-65) |
Bolivia | 4.3 | 2007 | [1] (12-65) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.8 | 2008 | [1] |
Brazil | 2.6 | 2005 | [1] (12-65) |
Brunei Darussalam | 0.02 | 1996 | [2] |
Bulgaria | 2.5 | 2008 | [1] |
Burkina Faso | 2.9 | 2006 | [1] |
Cambodia | 3.5 | 2003 | [1] |
Canada | 32.7 | 2018 | [3] |
Cape Verde | 8.1 | 2004 | [1] |
Chad | 0.9 | 1995 | [2] |
Chile | 11.3 | 2014 | [4][5] |
China | 0.04 | 2015 | [6] (tentative estimate) |
Colombia | 2.3 | 2008 | [1] (12-65) |
Comoros | 2.9 | 2002 | [1] |
Costa Rica | 1.0 | 2006 | [1] (12-70) |
Croatia | 5.2 | 2007 | [1] |
Cyprus | 4.4 | 2009 | [1] |
Czech Republic | 15.2 | 2008 | [1] |
Denmark | 5.5 | 2008 | [1] (16-64) |
Dominica | 10.8 | 2006 | [1] |
Dominican Republic | 0.3 | 2008 | [1] |
Ecuador | 0.7 | 2007 | [1] |
Egypt | 6.2 | 2006 | [1] |
El Salvador | 0.4 | 2005 | [1] (12-65) |
England and Wales | 6.6 | 2010 | [1] (16-59) |
Estonia | 6.0 | 2008 | [1] |
Ethiopia | 2.6 | 1999 | [2] |
Faroe Islands | 2.2 | 2007 | [1] |
Fiji | 5.1 | 2004 | [1] |
Finland | 3.1 | 2008 | [1] |
France | 8.6 | 2005 | [1] |
Georgia | 2.7 | 2009 | [1] |
Germany | 4.8 | 2009 | [1] (18-64) |
Ghana | 21.5 | 1998 | [2] |
Gibraltar | 5.2 | 2008 | [1] |
Greece | 1.7 | 2004 | [1] |
Greenland | 7.6 | 2003 | [1] |
Grenada | 10.8 | 2005 | [1] |
Guam | 18.4 | 2007 | [1] |
Guatemala | 4.8 | 2005 | [1] |
Guyana | 2.6 | 2002 | [1] |
Haiti | 1.4 | 2005 | [1] |
Honduras | 0.8 | 2005 | [1] |
Hong Kong | 0.4 | 2008 | [1] |
Hungary | 2.3 | 2007 | [1] (18-64) |
Iceland | 18.3 | 2012 | [3] |
India | 3.2 | 2000 | [2] |
Indonesia | 0.4 | 2008 | [1] |
Iran | 4.2 | 1999 | [2] |
Ireland | 6.3 | 2007 | [1] |
Isle of Man | 9.4 | 2007 | [1] |
Israel | 27.0 | 2017 | [7] (18-65) |
Italy | 14.6 | 2008 | [1] |
Jamaica | 9.9 | 2006 | [1] |
Japan | 0.3 | 2011 | [3] |
Jordan | 2.1 | 2001 | [1] |
Kazakhstan | 4.2 | 2003 | [1] |
Kenya | 2.1 | 2007 | [1] (15-65) |
South Korea | 0.3 | 2004 | [1] |
Kuwait | 3.1 | 2005 | [1] |
Kyrgyzstan | 6.4 | 2001 | [1] |
Laos | 0.9 | 2008 | [1] |
Latvia | 4.9 | 2007 | [1] |
Lebanon | 1.9 | 2009 | [1] |
Libya | 0.05 | 1998 | [2] |
Liechtenstein | 8.6 | 2005 | [1] |
Lithuania | 5.6 | 2008 | [1] |
Luxembourg | 7.6 | 2003 | [1] |
Macau | 0.7 | 2003 | [1] |
Macedonia | 0.6 | 2008 | [1] |
Madagascar | 9.1 | 2004 | [1] |
Malaysia | 1.6 | 2003 | [1] |
Maldives | 0.5 | 1994 | [2] |
Mali | 7.8 | 1995 | [2] |
Malta | 4.5 | 2007 | [1] |
Marshall Islands | 5.5 | 2007 | [1] |
Mauritius | 3.9 | 2004 | [1] (15-54) |
Mexico | 1.2 | 2011 | [8] (12-65) |
Moldova | 0.9 | 2008 | [1] |
Monaco | 8.9 | 2007 | [1] |
Montenegro | 0.2 | 2008 | [1] |
Morocco | 4.2 | 2004 | [1] |
Myanmar | 0.9 | 2005 | [1] |
Namibia | 3.9 | 2000 | [1] |
Nepal | 3.2 | 1998 | [2] |
Netherlands | 8.0 | 2014 | [3] |
New Caledonia | 1.9 | [2] (tentative estimate) | |
New Zealand | 14.6 | 2008 | [1] (16-64) |
Nicaragua | 1.1 | 2006 | [1] (12-65) |
Nigeria | 14.3 | 2008 | [1] |
Northern Ireland (UK) | 7.2 | 2007 | [1] |
Northern Mariana Islands | 22.2 | 2007 | [1] |
Norway | 4.6 | 2004 | [1] |
Oman | 0.1 | 1999 | [2] |
Pakistan | 3.9 | 2000 | [1] |
Palau | 24.2 | 2007 | [1] |
Panama | 3.6 | 2003 | [1] (12-65) |
Papua New Guinea | 29.5 | 1995 | [2] |
Paraguay | 1.6 | 2005 | [1] |
Peru | 0.7 | 2006 | [1] (12-64) |
Philippines | 0.8 | 2008 | [1] |
Poland | 2.7 | 2006 | [1] |
Portugal | 3.3 | 2007 | [1] |
Puerto Rico | 4.9 | 2005 | [1] |
Qatar | 0.1 | 1996 | [2] |
Romania | 0.4 | 2007 | [1] |
Russia | 3.5 | 2007 | [1] |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11.7 | 2006 | [1] |
Saint Lucia | 9.0 | 2006 | [1] |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.1 | 2006 | [1] |
Saudi Arabia | 0.3 | 2006 | [1] |
Scotland | 8.4 | 2009 | [1] (16-64) |
Senegal | 2.8 | 1999 | [2] |
Serbia | 4.1 | 2006 | [1] |
Sierra Leone | 16.1 | 1996 | [2] |
Singapore | 0.004 | 2004 | [2] |
Slovakia | 6.9 | 2006 | [1] |
Slovenia | 4.1 | 2007 | [1] |
Somalia | 2.5 | 2002 | [1] |
South Africa | 4.3 | 2008 | [1] |
Spain | 10.6 | 2010 | [1] |
Sri Lanka | 1.5 | 2000 | [1] |
Suriname | 4.3 | 2007 | [1] (12-65) |
Sweden | 2.9 | 2014 | [3] |
Switzerland | 3.4 | 2008 | [1] |
Syria | 2.0 | 2002 | [2] (tentative estimate) |
Taiwan | 0.3 | 2005 | [1] (12-64) |
Tajikistan | 3.4 | 1998 | [2] |
Tanzania | 0.2 | 1999 | [2] (tentative estimate) |
Thailand | 1.2 | 2007 | [1] (12-65) |
Togo | 1.0 | 2009 | [1] |
Trinidad and Tobago | 4.7 | 2006 | [1] |
Turkey | 1.9 | 2003 | [1] |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 5.4 | 2002 | [1] |
Uganda | 1.4 | [2] (tentative estimate) | |
Ukraine | 2.5 | 2007 | [1] |
United Arab Emirates | 5.4 | 2006 | [1] |
United States | 16.2 | 2014 | [3] |
Uruguay | 6.0 | 2006 | [1] (12-65) |
Uzbekistan | 4.2 | 2003 | [1] |
Vanuatu | 0.1 | 1997 | [2] |
Venezuela | 0.9 | 2005 | [1] |
Vietnam | 0.3 | 2002 | [1] |
Zambia | 9.5 | 2004 | [1] |
Zimbabwe | 6.9 | 2000 | [1] |
See also
- Adult lifetime cannabis use by country
- Decriminalization of non-medical marijuana in the United States
- Health issues and the effects of cannabis
- Illegal drug trade
- Legal and medical status of cannabis
- Legality of cannabis by country
- Removal of cannabis from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act
- Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
References
- ↑ 1.000 1.001 1.002 1.003 1.004 1.005 1.006 1.007 1.008 1.009 1.010 1.011 1.012 1.013 1.014 1.015 1.016 1.017 1.018 1.019 1.020 1.021 1.022 1.023 1.024 1.025 1.026 1.027 1.028 1.029 1.030 1.031 1.032 1.033 1.034 1.035 1.036 1.037 1.038 1.039 1.040 1.041 1.042 1.043 1.044 1.045 1.046 1.047 1.048 1.049 1.050 1.051 1.052 1.053 1.054 1.055 1.056 1.057 1.058 1.059 1.060 1.061 1.062 1.063 1.064 1.065 1.066 1.067 1.068 1.069 1.070 1.071 1.072 1.073 1.074 1.075 1.076 1.077 1.078 1.079 1.080 1.081 1.082 1.083 1.084 1.085 1.086 1.087 1.088 1.089 1.090 1.091 1.092 1.093 1.094 1.095 1.096 1.097 1.098 1.099 1.100 1.101 1.102 1.103 1.104 1.105 1.106 1.107 1.108 1.109 1.110 1.111 1.112 1.113 1.114 1.115 1.116 1.117 1.118 1.119 1.120 1.121 1.122 1.123 1.124 1.125 1.126 1.127 1.128 1.129 1.130 World Drug Report 2011. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Cannabis stats are from Chapter 6.1.1.3. Consumption: Annual prevalence of Cannabis, p. 217. "Sources: Annual Reports Questionnaires, Academic Researches, Concise International Chemical Assessment Documents (CICAD), Government Reports, European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD), International Narcotics Control Strategy Reports (INCSR)."
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Further reading
- World Drug Report (WDR). Multi-year archive. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
- World Drug Report 2011.
- These Are The European Nations That Smoke The Most Pot. By Nick Jardine. 18 October 2011. Business Insider.