Adult lifetime cannabis use by country is the lifetime prevalence of cannabis use among all adults in surveys among the general population."Toward a Global View of Alcohol, Tobacco, Cannabis, and Cocaine Use: Findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys" July 2008, Volume 5, Issue 7, e141. PLoS Medicine (Public Library of Science). See Table 1 for the survey dates, and participant ages. See Table 2 for the percent of use by country. . Lifetime prevalence means any use of cannabis during a person's life.Methods and definitions . EMCDDA.

Table

Age range is the range the data computation is based on. Asterisks (*) are for locations with "Cannabis in LOCATION" links.

+ Percent of age range who have used cannabis by countryLocationGeographical areaYearAge rangeMalesFemalesTotalNational2022-202314+41National202015–6424.820.622.7National201815–6428.117.322.6National201716+27.012.019.5National202015–649.57.88.7National202416+282326National201412–6431.5Prevalencia vida consumo de marihuana. SENDABeijing and Shanghai metropolitan areas.2002–318+0.3All urban areas of the country (approximately 73% of the total national population).200318–6510.8National201915–6428.816.922.9National201915–6421.57.114.1National202115–6431.121.125.9National202115–64443237.9National201815–6430.820.324.5National201815–6429.821.325.6National202115–6454.939.947.3National202115–6438.930.234.7National201515–6415.86.311National201915–648.446.1National201915–6429.519.324.4National2002–421+11.5National201715–6439.126.432.7Four metropolitan areas (Fukiage, Kushikino, Nagasaki, Okayama).2002–320+1.5National202015–64228.215National2002–318+4.6National202115–6420.76.813.7National201915–6427.819.623.3National201315–646.724.3All urban areas of the country (approximately 75% of the total national population).2001–218–657.8All urban areas of the country (approximately 80% of the total national population).2001–218–657.8National202115–6435.723.929.8National2004–516+41.921 of the 36 states in the country, representing 57% of the national population.2002–318+2.7National202416–6435.024.030.0Seven cities (Lima, Trujillo, Tacna, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Tarapoto and Iquitos)200312–6410.3National201815–6416.47.712.1National201615–6415.66.611National201915–6484.36.1National201915–6423.410.617National201815–6424.716.520.7National2003–418+8.4National202215–6448.832.940.9National202115–6421.913.117.6National201715–645.40.22.7National200218+6.4 (UK)National2021-2216–5931.2Drug misuse in England and Wales - Appendix table. Year ending June 2022 edition of the dataset. Release date: 15 December 2022. Office for National Statistics. Data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) on the extent and trends of illicit drug use. (UK)National2010–1115–6424.0 (UK)National2010–1116–6426.7United Kingdom overall200616–5930.2National202318+49

Maps

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction has an interactive cannabis use map of Europe. One can select by recall period: last month, last year, or lifetime. Also by age: young adults (15–34), or adults (15–64). Hover over a country for the data.

A non-interactive map is below.

See also

Annual cannabis use by country Legality of cannabis 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 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs

References

External links These Are The European Nations That Smoke The Most Pot. By Nick Jardine. 18 October 2011. Business Insider.