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 the herb at least once in the past survey year.


Map of the annual cannabis use by country


Table

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


Country or entity Annual prevalence
(percent)
Year Sources, notes
Afghanistan 4.3 2010
Albania 1.8 2006
Algeria 5.7 2006
American Samoa 7.0 2007
Andorra 14.6 2008
Angola 2.1 1999
Antigua and Barbuda 10.6 2005
Argentina 7.2 2006
Armenia 3.5 2003
Australia 10.6 2007
Austria 3.5 2008
Azerbaijan 3.5 2004
Bahamas 5.5 2008
Bahrain 0.4 (tentative estimate)
Bangladesh 3.3 2004 (15-54)
Barbados 8.3 2006 (12-65)
Belarus 1.1 2007
Belgium 5.1 2008
Belize 8.5 2005 (12-65)
Bolivia 4.3 2007 (12-65)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.8 2008
Brazil 2.6 2005 (12-65)
Brunei Darussalam 0.02 1996
Bulgaria 2.5 2008
Burkina Faso 2.9 2006
Cambodia 3.5 2003
Canada 12.6 2009
Cape Verde 8.1 2004
Chad 0.9 1995
Chile 4.6 2010
Colombia 2.3 2008 (12-65)
Comoros 2.9 2002
Costa Rica 1.0 2006 (12-70)
Croatia 5.2 2007
Cyprus 4.4 2009
Czech Republic 15.2 2008
Denmark 5.5 2008 (16-64)
Dominica 10.8 2006
Dominican Republic 0.3 2008
Ecuador 0.7 2007
Egypt 6.2 2006
El Salvador 0.4 2005 (12-65)
England and Wales 6.6 2010 (16-59)
Estonia 6.0 2008
Ethiopia 2.6 1999
Faroe Islands 2.2 2007
Fiji 5.1 2004
Finland 3.1 2008
France 8.6 2005
Georgia 2.7 2009
Germany 4.8 2009 (18-64)
Ghana 21.5 1998
Gibraltar 5.2 2008
Greece 1.7 2004
Greenland 7.6 2003
Grenada 10.8 2005
Guam 18.4 2007
Guatemala 4.8 2005
Guyana 2.6 2002
Haiti 1.4 2005
Honduras 0.8 2005
Hong Kong 0.4 2008
Hungary 2.3 2007 (18-64)
Iceland 3.4 2007
India 3.2 2000
Indonesia 0.4 2008
Iran 4.2 1999
Ireland 6.3 2007
Isle of Man 9.4 2007
Israel 8.9 2008 (18-40)
Italy 14.6 2008
Jamaica 9.9 2006
Japan 0.1 2002
Jordan 2.1 2001
Kazakhstan 4.2 2003
Kenya 2.1 2007 (15-65)
Kuwait 3.1 2005
Kyrgyzstan 6.4 2001
Laos 0.9 2008
Latvia 4.9 2007
Lebanon 1.9 2009
Libya 0.05 1998
Liechtenstein 8.6 2005
Lithuania 5.6 2008
Luxembourg 7.6 2003
Macau 0.7 2003
Macedonia 0.6 2008
Madagascar 9.1 2004
Malaysia 1.6 2003
Maldives 0.5 1994
Mali 7.8 1995
Malta 4.5 2007
Marshall Islands 5.5 2007
Mauritius 3.9 2004 (15-54)
Mexico 1.2 2011 (12-65)
Moldova 0.9 2008
Monaco 8.9 2007
Montenegro 0.2 2008
Morocco 4.2 2004
Myanmar}} 0.9 2005
Namibia 3.9 2000
Nepal 3.2 1998
Netherlands 5.4 2005
New Caledonia 1.9 (tentative estimate)
New Zealand 14.6 2008 (16-64)
Nicaragua 1.1 2006 (12-65)
Nigeria 14.3 2008
[Northern Ireland (UK) 7.2 2007
Northern Mariana Islands 22.2 2007
Norway 4.6 2004
Oman 0.1 1999
Pakistan 3.9 2000
Palau 24.2 2007
Panama 3.6 2003 (12-65)
Papua New Guinea 29.5 1995
Paraguay 1.6 2005
Peru 0.7 2006 (12-64)
Philippines 0.8 2008
Poland 2.7 2006
Portugal 3.3 2007
Puerto Rico 4.9 2005
Qatar 0.1 1996
South Korea 0.3 2004
Romania 0.4 2007
Russian Federation 3.5 2007
Saint Kitts and Nevis 11.7 2006
Saint Lucia 9.0 2006
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7.1 2006
Saudi Arabia 0.3 2006
Scotland 8.4 2009 (16-64)
Senegal 2.8 1999
Serbia 4.1 2006
Sierra Leone 16.1 1996
Singapore 0.004 2004
Slovakia 6.9 2006
Slovenia 4.1 2007
Somalia 2.5 2002
South Africa 4.3 2008
Spain 10.6 2010
Sri Lanka 1.5 2000
Suriname 4.3 2007 (12-65)
Sweden 1.2 2008
Switzerland 3.4 2008
Syria 2 2002 (tentative estimate)
Taiwan 0.3 2005 (12-64)
Tajikistan 3.4 1998
Tanzania 0.2 1999 (tentative estimate)
Thailand 1.2 2007 (12-65)
Togo 1.0 2009
Trinidad and Tobago 4.7 2006
Turkey 1.9 2003
Turks and Caicos Islands 5.4 2002
Uganda 1.4 (tentative estimate)
Ukraine 2.5 2007
United Arab Emirates 5.4 2006
Uruguay 6.0 2006 (12-65)
United States 13.7 2009
Uzbekistan 4.2 2003
Vanuatu 0.1 1997
Venezuela 0.9 2005
Viet Nam 0.3 2002
Zambia 9.5 2004
Zimbabwe 6.9 2000

See also

Adult lifetime cannabis use by country

Decriminalization of non-medical marijuana in the United States

Effects of cannabis

Legal and medical status of cannabis

Legality of cannabis by country

Removal of cannabis from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act