Annual cannabis use by country

World map of annual cannabis prevalence

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] 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
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	12.7	2013	[3]
Cape Verde	8.1	2004	[1]
Chad	0.9	1995	[2]
Chile	11.3	2014	[4][5]
China	2.0	2000	[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

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.