# Adult lifetime 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. Lifetime prevalence means any use of cannabis during a person's life.

## Table

Note: The table is sortable in various ways. Click the sort button cell at the top of the column you wish to sort. Click again to reverse the order of sorting.
* 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 |
| Australia * | National | 2007 | 14+ | | | 33.5 |
| Austria * | National | 2020 | 15–64 | 24.8 | 20.6 | 22.7 |
| Belgium * | National | 2018 | 15–64 | 28.1 | 17.3 | 22.6 |
| Brazil * | National | 2017 | 16+ | 27.0 | 12.0 | 19.5 |
| Bulgaria * | National | 2020 | 15–64 | 9.5 | 7.8 | 8.7 |
| Canada * | National | 2021 | 16+ | | | 58 |
| Chile * | National | 2014 | 12–64 | | | 31.5 |
| China * | Beijing and Shanghai metropolitan areas. | 2002–3 | 18+ | | | 0.3 |
| Colombia * | All urban areas of the country (approximately 73% of the total national population). | 2003 | 18–65 | | | 10.8 |
| Croatia * | National | 2019 | 15–64 | 28.8 | 16.9 | 22.9 |
| Cyprus * | National | 2019 | 15–64 | 21.5 | 7.1 | 14.1 |
| Czech Republic * | National | 2021 | 15–64 | 31.1 | 21.1 | 25.9 |
| Denmark * | National | 2021 | 15–64 | 44 | 32 | 37.9 |
| Estonia * | National | 2018 | 15–64 | 30.8 | 20.3 | 24.5 |
| Finland * | National | 2018 | 15–64 | 29.8 | 21.3 | 25.6 |
| France * | National | 2021 | 15–64 | 54.9 | 39.9 | 47.3 |
| Germany * | National | 2021 | 15–64 | 38.9 | 30.2 | 34.7 |
| Greece * | National | 2015 | 15–64 | 15.8 | 6.3 | 11 |
| Hungary * | National | 2019 | 15–64 | 8.4 | 4 | 6.1 |
| Ireland * | National | 2019 | 15–64 | 29.5 | 19.3 | 24.4 |
| Israel * | National | 2002–4 | 21+ | | | 11.5 |
| Italy * | National | 2017 | 15–64 | 39.1 | 26.4 | 32.7 |
| Japan * | Four metropolitan areas (Fukiage, Kushikino, Nagasaki, Okayama). | 2002–3 | 20+ | | | 1.5 |
| Latvia * | National | 2020 | 15–64 | 22 | 8.2 | 15 |
| Lebanon * | National | 2002–3 | 18+ | | | 4.6 |
| Lithuania * | National | 2021 | 15–64 | 20.7 | 6.8 | 13.7 |
| Luxembourg * | National | 2019 | 15–64 | 27.8 | 19.6 | 23.3 |
| Malta * | National | 2013 | 15–64 | 6.7 | 2 | 4.3 |
| Mexico * | All urban areas of the country (approximately 75% of the total national population). | 2001–2 | 18–65 | | | 7.8 |
| Nepal * | All urban areas of the country (approximately 80% of the total national population). | 2001–2 | 18–65 | | | 7.8 |
| Netherlands * | National | 2021 | 15–64 | 35.7 | 23.9 | 29.8 |
| New Zealand * | National | 2004–5 | 16+ | | | 41.9 |
| Nigeria * | 21 of the 36 states in the country, representing 57% of the national population. | 2002–3 | 18+ | | | 2.7 |
| Norway * | National | 2024 | 16–64 | 35.0 | 24.0 | 30.0 |
| Peru * | Seven cities (Lima, Trujillo, Tacna, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Tarapoto and Iquitos) | 2003 | 12–64 | | | 10.3 |
| Poland * | National | 2018 | 15–64 | 16.4 | 7.7 | 12.1 |
| Portugal * | National | 2016 | 15–64 | 15.6 | 6.6 | 11 |
| Romania * | National | 2019 | 15–64 | 8 | 4.3 | 6.1 |
| Slovakia * | National | 2019 | 15–64 | 23.4 | 10.6 | 17 |
| Slovenia * | National | 2018 | 15–64 | 24.7 | 16.5 | 20.7 |
| South Africa * | National | 2003–4 | 18+ | | | 8.4 |
| Spain * | National | 2022 | 15–64 | 48.8 | 32.9 | 40.9 |
| Sweden * | National | 2021 | 15–64 | 21.9 | 13.1 | 17.6 |
| Turkey * | National | 2017 | 15–64 | 5.4 | 0.2 | 2.7 |
| Ukraine * | National | 2002 | 18+ | | | 6.4 |
| England and Wales * (UK) | National | 2021-22 | 16–59 | | | 31.2 |
| Northern Ireland * (UK) | National | 2010–11 | 15–64 | | | 24.0 |
| Scotland * (UK) | National | 2010–11 | 16–64 | | | 26.7 |
| United Kingdom * | United Kingdom overall | 2006 | 16–59 | | | 30.2 |
| United States * | National | 2023 | 18+ | | | 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.