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.

Table[]

The primary source of information is the World Drug Report 2011 (WDR 2011)[1] by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC); some older numbers are from the World Drug Report 2006 (WDR 2006),.[2]

Country or entity Annual prevalence
(percent)		 Year Sources, notes
 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] (ages 15–54)
 Barbados 8.3 2006 [1] (ages 12–65)
 Belarus 1.1 2007 [1]
 Belgium 5.1 2008 [1]
 Belize 8.5 2005 [1] (ages 12–65)
 Bolivia 4.3 2007 [1] (ages 12–65)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.8 2008 [1]
 Brazil 2.6 2005 [1] (ages 12–65)
 Brunei 0.02 1996 [2]
 Bulgaria 2.5 2008 [1]
 Burkina Faso 2.9 2006 [1]
 Cambodia 3.5 2003 [1]
 Canada 12.7 2016 [3]
 Cape Verde 8.1 2004 [1]
 Chad 0.9 1995 [2]
 Chile 34.8 2020 [4][5]
 China 0.04 2015 [citation needed] (tentative estimate)
 Colombia 2.3 2008 [1] (ages 12–65)
 Comoros 2.9 2002 [1]
 Costa Rica 1.0 2006 [1] (ages 12–70)
 Croatia 5.2 2007 [1]
 Cyprus 4.4 2009 [1]
 Czech Republic 15.2 2008 [1]
 Denmark 5.5 2008 [1] (ages 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] (ages 12–65)
 England and  Wales 6.6 2010 [1] (ages 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] (ages 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] (ages 18–64)
 Iceland 18.3 2012 [3]
 India 3.2 2020 [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 [6] (ages 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] (ages 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]
 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] (ages 15–54)
 Mexico 1.2 2011 [7] (ages 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] (ages 16–64)
 Nicaragua 1.1 2006 [1] (ages 12–65)
 Nigeria 14.3 2008 [1]
 Northern Ireland (UK) 7.2 2007 [1]
 Northern Mariana Islands 22.2 2007 [1]
 North Macedonia 0.6 2008 [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] (ages 12–65)
 Papua New Guinea 29.5 1995 [2]
 Paraguay 1.6 2005 [1]
 Peru 0.7 2006 [1] (ages 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] (ages 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] (ages 12–65)
 Sweden 2.9 2014 [3]
  Switzerland 3.4 2008 [1]
 Syria 2.0 2002 [2] (tentative estimate)
 Taiwan 0.3 2005 [1] (ages 12–64)
 Tajikistan 3.4 1998 [2]
 Tanzania 0.2 1999 [2] (tentative estimate)
 Thailand 1.2 2007 [1] (ages 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] Similar studies for daily usage have shown that 2.83% of Americans in 2019 used
marijuana every day per month,[8] up from 1.33% in 2010,[9] and 0.81% in 2002.[10]
 Uruguay 6.0 2006 [1] (ages 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[]

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Further reading[]

External links[]

  • NSDUH: U.S. federal government study showing regional data on cannabis usage within each state.
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