Adult lifetime cannabis use by country explained

See also: Annual cannabis use by country.

Adult lifetime cannabis use by country is the lifetime prevalence of cannabis use among all adults in surveys among the general population.^[1] Lifetime prevalence means any use of cannabis during a person's life.^[2]

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 country!Location!Geographical area!Year!Age range!Males!Females!Total!

	National	2007	14+			33.5	[3]
	National	2020	15–64	24.8	20.6	22.7	[4]
	National	2018	15–64	28.1	17.3	22.6
	National	2018	15–64			14.0	[5]
	National	2020	15–64	9.5	7.8	8.7
	National	2005	15+			44.5	[6]
	National	2014	12–64			31.5	[7]
	Beijing and Shanghai metropolitan areas.	2002–3	18+			0.3
	All urban areas of the country (approximately 73% of the total national population).	2003	18–65			10.8
	National	2019	15–64	28.8	16.9	22.9
	National	2019	15–64	21.5	7.1	14.1
	National	2021	15–64	31.1	21.1	25.9
	National	2021	15–64	44	32	37.9
	National	2018	15–64	30.8	20.3	24.5
	National	2018	15–64	29.8	21.3	25.6
	National	2021	15–64	54.9	39.9	47.3
	National	2021	15–64	38.9	30.2	34.7
	National	2015	15–64	15.8	6.3	11
	National	2019	15–64	8.4	4	6.1
	National	2019	15–64	29.5	19.3	24.4
	National	2002–4	21+			11.5
	National	2017	15–64	39.1	26.4	32.7
	Four metropolitan areas (Fukiage, Kushikino, Nagasaki, Okayama).	2002–3	20+			1.5
	National	2020	15–64	22	8.2	15
	National	2002–3	18+			4.6
	National	2021	15–64	20.7	6.8	13.7
	National	2019	15–64	27.8	19.6	23.3
	National	2013	15–64	6.7	2	4.3
	All urban areas of the country (approximately 75% of the total national population).	2001–2	18–65			7.8
	All urban areas of the country (approximately 80% of the total national population).	2001–2	18–65			7.8
	National	2021	15–64	35.7	23.9	29.8
	National	2004–5	16+			41.9
	21 of the 36 states in the country, representing 57% of the national population.	2002–3	18+			2.7
	National	2024	16–64	35.0	24.0	30.0	[8]
	Seven cities (Lima, Trujillo, Tacna, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Tarapoto and Iquitos)	2003	12–64			10.3	[9]
	National	2018	15–64	16.4	7.7	12.1
	National	2016	15–64	15.6	6.6	11
	National	2019	15–64	8	4.3	6.1
	National	2019	15–64	23.4	10.6	17
	National	2018	15–64	24.7	16.5	20.7
	National	2003–4	18+			8.4
	National	2022	15–64	48.8	32.9	40.9
	National	2021	15–64	21.9	13.1	17.6
	National	2017	15–64	5.4	0.2	2.7
	National	2002	18+			6.4
(UK)	National	2021-22	16–59			31.2	[10]
(UK)	National	2010–11	15–64			24.0
(UK)	National	2010–11	16–64			26.7
	United Kingdom overall	2006	16–59			30.2	[11]
	National	2023	18+			49	[12]

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.^[13]

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

External links

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

Notes and References

1. http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.0050141 "Toward a Global View of Alcohol, Tobacco, Cannabis, and Cocaine Use: Findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys"
2. http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/stats07/GPS/methods Methods and definitions
3. Web site: Policing and cannabis use in Australia . NCPIC . 3 December 2011 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20120525163331/http://ncpic.org.au/ncpic/publications/aic-bulletins/article/policing-and-cannabis-use-in-australia . 25 May 2012 .
4. Web site: Statistical Bulletin 2023 > Cannabis > Lifetime prevalence > All adults (15-64) . .
5. Web site: 8 January 2018. Cresce apoio à legalização da maconha no Brasil. Support for the legalization of marijuana grows in Brazil. live. Datafolha. https://web.archive.org/web/20180119151609/http://datafolha.folha.uol.com.br:80/opiniaopublica/2018/01/1948796-cresce-apoio-a-legalizacao-da-maconha-no-brasil.shtml . 2018-01-19 .
6. Web site: Cannabis Use in Canada. 2011-10-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20111006024020/http://www.afm.mb.ca/Research/documents/CannUseCda.pdf. 2011-10-06. 2018-03-22. Patton. David. Bodnarchuk. Jennifer. Addictions Foundation of Manitoba.
7. https://web.archive.org/web/20160417195913/http://www.senda.gob.cl/media/estudios/PG/2014_EstudioDrogas_Poblacion_General.pdf Prevalencia vida consumo de marihuana. SENDA
8. Web site: 2024-11-18 . 14448: Bruk av alkohol, cannabis og vanedannende legemidler (16–79 år), etter kjønn og alder 2018–2024. . 14448: Use of alcohol, cannabis and addictive prescription drugs (16–79 years), by gender and age 2018–2024. . 2024-11-21 . StatBank Norway . . no.
9. Web site: Las drogas y su impacto - CEDRO. 2013-09-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20130926004231/http://www.cedro.org.pe/publicaciones/impacto2.htm. 2013-09-26. 2018-03-22.
10. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/drugmisuseinenglandandwalesappendixtable Drug misuse in England and Wales - Appendix table
11. Web site: Statistical bulletin 2013 > Table GPS-1. Lifetime prevalence of drug use by age and country . .
12. Web site: McCarthy . Justin . Fully Half of Americans Have Tried Marijuana . . August 10, 2023 . The percentage of U.S. adults who say they have tried marijuana has ticked up to 49% .
13. Web site: Cannabis – the current situation in Europe (European Drug Report 2023) . . This data explorer enables you to view our data on the prevalence of cannabis use by recall period and age range. You can access data by country by clicking on the map or selecting a country from the dropdown menu. .