Annual cannabis use by country

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.

See also: Adult lifetime cannabis use by country
World map of annual cannabis prevalence

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 entityAnnual prevalence
(percent)		YearSources, notes
 Afghanistan4.32010[1]
 Albania1.82006[1]
 Algeria5.72006[1]
 American Samoa7.02007[1]
 Andorra14.62008[1]
 Angola2.11999[2]
 Antigua and Barbuda10.62005[1]
 Argentina7.22006[1]
 Armenia3.52003[1]
 Australia11.62019[3]
 Austria3.52008[1]
 Azerbaijan3.52004[1]
 Bahamas5.52008[1]
 Bahrain0.4[2] (tentative estimate)
 Bangladesh3.32004[1] (ages 15–54)
 Barbados8.32006[1] (ages 12–65)
 Belarus1.12007[1]
 Belgium5.12008[1]
 Belize8.52005[1] (ages 12–65)
 Bolivia4.32007[1] (ages 12–65)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina2.82008[1]
 Brazil2.62005[1] (ages 12–65)
 Brunei0.021996[2]
 Bulgaria2.52008[1]
 Burkina Faso2.92006[1]
 Cambodia3.52003[1]
 Canada27.02020[4]
 Cape Verde8.12004[1]
 Chad0.91995[2]
 Chile34.82020[5][6]
 China0.042015 (tentative estimate)
 Colombia2.32008[1] (ages 12–65)
 Comoros2.92002[1]
 Costa Rica1.02006[1] (ages 12–70)
 Croatia5.22007[1]
 Cyprus4.42009[1]
 Czech Republic15.22008[1]
 Denmark5.52008[1] (ages 16–64)
 Dominica10.82006[1]
 Dominican Republic0.32008[1]
 Ecuador0.72007[1]
 Egypt6.22006[1]
 El Salvador0.42005[1] (ages 12–65)
 England and  Wales6.62010[1] (ages 16–59)
 Estonia6.02008[1]
 Ethiopia2.61999[2]
 Faroe Islands2.22007[1]
 Fiji5.12004[1]
 Finland3.12008[1]
 France8.62005[1]
 Georgia2.72009[1]
 Germany4.82009[1] (ages 18–64)
 Ghana21.51998[2]
 Gibraltar5.22008[1]
 Greece1.72004[1]
 Greenland7.62003[1]
 Grenada10.82005[1]
 Guam18.42007[1]
 Guatemala4.82005[1]
 Guyana2.62002[1]
 Haiti1.42005[1]
 Honduras0.82005[1]
 Hong Kong0.42008[1]
 Hungary2.32007[1] (ages 18–64)
 Iceland18.32012[7]
 India3.22020[2]
 Indonesia0.42008[1]
 Iran4.21999[2]
 Ireland6.32007[1]
 Isle of Man9.42007[1]
 Israel27.02017[8] (ages 18–65)
 Italy14.62008[1]
 Jamaica9.92006[1]
 Japan0.32011[7]
 Jordan2.12001[1]
 Kazakhstan4.22003[1]
 Kenya2.12007[1] (ages 15–65)
 South Korea0.32004[1]
 Kuwait3.12005[1]
 Kyrgyzstan6.42001[1]
 Laos0.92008[1]
 Latvia4.92007[1]
 Lebanon1.92009[1]
 Libya0.051998[2]
 Liechtenstein8.62005[1]
 Lithuania5.62008[1]
 Luxembourg7.62003[1]
 Macau0.72003[1]
 Madagascar9.12004[1]
 Malaysia1.62003[1]
 Maldives0.51994[2]
 Mali7.81995[2]
 Malta4.52007[1]
 Marshall Islands5.52007[1]
 Mauritius3.92004[1] (ages 15–54)
 Mexico1.22011[9] (ages 12–65)
 Moldova0.92008[1]
 Monaco8.92007[1]
 Montenegro0.22008[1]
 Morocco4.22004[1]
 Myanmar0.92005[1]
 Namibia3.92000[1]
   Nepal3.21998[2]
 Netherlands8.02014[7]
 New Caledonia1.9[2] (tentative estimate)
 New Zealand14.62008[1] (ages 16–64)
 Nicaragua1.12006[1] (ages 12–65)
 Nigeria14.32008[1]
 Northern Ireland (UK)7.22007[1]
 Northern Mariana Islands22.22007[1]
 North Macedonia0.62008[1]
 Norway4.62004[1]
 Oman0.11999[2]
 Pakistan3.92000[1]
 Palau24.22007[1]
 Panama3.62003[1] (ages 12–65)
 Papua New Guinea29.51995[2]
 Paraguay1.62005[1]
 Peru0.72006[1] (ages 12–64)
 Philippines0.82008[1]
 Poland2.72006[1]
 Portugal3.32007[1]
 Puerto Rico4.92005[1]
 Qatar0.11996[2]
 Romania0.42007[1]
 Russia3.52007[1]
 Saint Kitts and Nevis11.72006[1]
 Saint Lucia9.02006[1]
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines7.12006[1]
 Saudi Arabia0.32006[1]
 Scotland8.42009[1] (ages 16–64)
 Senegal2.81999[2]
 Serbia4.12006[1]
 Sierra Leone16.11996[2]
 Singapore0.0042004[2]
 Slovakia6.92006[1]
 Slovenia4.12007[1]
 Somalia2.52002[1]
 South Africa4.32008[1]
 Spain10.62010[1]
 Sri Lanka1.52000[1]
 Suriname4.32007[1] (ages 12–65)
 Sweden2.92014[7]
  Switzerland3.42008[1]
 Syria2.02002[2] (tentative estimate)
 Taiwan0.32005[1] (ages 12–64)
 Tajikistan3.41998[2]
 Tanzania0.21999[2] (tentative estimate)
 Thailand1.22007[1] (ages 12–65)
 Togo1.02009[1]
 Trinidad and Tobago4.72006[1]
 Turkey1.92003[1]
 Turks and Caicos Islands5.42002[1]
 Uganda1.4[2] (tentative estimate)
 Ukraine2.52007[1]
 United Arab Emirates5.42006[1]
 United States16.22014[7] Similar studies for daily usage have shown that 2.83% of Americans in 2019 used marijuana every day per month,[10] up from 1.33% in 2010,[11] and 0.81% in 2002.[12]
 Uruguay6.02006[1] (ages 12–65)
 Uzbekistan4.22003[1]
 Vanuatu0.11997[2]
 Venezuela0.92005[1]
 Vietnam0.32002[1]
 Zambia9.52004[1]
 Zimbabwe6.92000[1]

See also

References
  1. 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)."
  2. World Drug Report 2006. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Cannabis stats are from Chapter 6.1.3. Consumption: Annual prevalence of Cannabis, p. 386. "Sources: Annual Reports Questionnaires, Government Reports, US Department of State, European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Abuse (EMCDDA)."
  3. "National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2019: in brief, Summary". Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  4. "Canadian Cannabis Survey 2020: Summary". 21 December 2020.
  5. (PDF) https://www.senda.gob.cl/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ENPEG-2018.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Chile es el tercer país de mayor consumo de marihuana en América - LA TERCERA".
  7. "World Drug Report 2016". UNODC.
  8. "Israel Drug Prevalence". The Israeli Cannabis Magazine / The Israeli Anti Drug Authority. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  9. "US/Mexico Summit Looks At Legalization, Research". California Norml. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  10. "NSDUH 2019". pdas.samhsa.gov. Data shows by clicking "Run Crosstab". Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  11. "NSDUH 2010". pdas.samhsa.gov. Data shows by clicking "Run Crosstab". Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  12. "NSDUH 2002". pdas.samhsa.gov. Data shows by clicking "Run Crosstab". Retrieved 2020-12-05.

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