- See also: Adult lifetime cannabis use by country (as opposed to annual use).
This is a list of countries (and some territories) by the annual prevalence of cannabis use as a percentage of the population aged 15-64 (unless otherwise indicated). The indicator is the "annual prevalence" rate which is the percentage of the youth and adult population who have consumed the drug at least once in the past survey year.
The primary source of information is the World Drug Report 2006 (WDR 2006),[1] published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). See also: Adult lifetime cannabis use by country.
The world's largest producer of cannabis is Afghanistan beside being also the largest producer of opiates.[2][3]
Country or Entity | Annual prevalence (per cent) | Year | Sources and notes |
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Papua New Guinea | 29.5 | 1995 | [1] |
Federated States of Micronesia | 29.1 | 1995 | [1] |
Ghana | 21.5 | 1998 | [1] |
Zambia | 17.7 | 2003 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Canada | 16.8 | 2004 | [1] (15-64) |
Haiti | 16.1 | 2000 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Sierra Leone | 16.1 | 1996 | [1] |
Nigeria | 13.8 | 2000 | [1] |
New Zealand | 13.4 | 2001 | [1] |
Australia | 13.3 | 2004 | [1] |
USA | 12.6 | 2004 | [1] (15-64) |
Morocco | 11.8 | 2002 | [1] |
Spain | 11.3 | 2003 | [1] |
Czech Republic | 10.9 | 2002 | [1] (18-64) |
England & Wales | 10.8 | 2003/04 | [1] (16-59) |
Jamaica | 10.7 | 2001 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
France | 9.8 | 2002 | [1] |
Switzerland | 9.6 | 2003 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Madagascar | 9.1 | 2004 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Guatemala | 9.1 | 2003 | [1] |
South Africa | 8.4 | 2002 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Belgium | 8 | 2003 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Scotland | 7.9 | 2003 | [1] (16-59) |
Mali | 7.8 | 1995 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Greenland | 7.6 | 2003 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Luxembourg | 7.6 | 2003 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Austria | 7.5 | 2004 | [1] |
Barbados | 7.3 | 2002 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Italy | 7.1 | 2003 | [1] (15-54) |
Germany | 6.9 | 2003 | [1] (18-59) |
Zimbabwe | 6.9 | 2000 | [1] |
Grenada | 6.7 | 2003 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Belize | 6.7 | 2003 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Lebanon | 6.4 | 2001 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Kyrgyzstan | 6.4 | 2001 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Slovenia | 6.2 | 2003 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Denmark | 6.2 | 2000 | [1] (16-64) |
Netherlands | 6.1 | 2001 | [1] |
Liechtenstein | 6 | 1998 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Israel | 5.7 | 2001 | [1] (UNODC estimates) |
Chile | 5.6 | 2004 | [1] |
Northern Ireland (UK) | 5.4 | 2002/03 | [1] |
Egypt | 5.2 | 1997 | [1] (UNODC estimates) |
Ireland | 5.1 | 2002/03 | [1] |
El Salvador | 5 | 2004 | [1] (12-45) |
Iceland | 5 | 2001 | [1] (18-75) |
Bahamas | 4.7 | 2003 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Norway | 4.6 | 2004 | [1] |
Estonia | 4.6 | 2003 | [1] |
Philippines | 4.2 | 2004 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Uzbekistan | 4.2 | 2003 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.2 | 2000 | [1] |
Iran | 4.2 | 1999 | [1] |
Slovakia | 4.1 | 2004 | [1] (18-64) |
Bulgaria | 4.1 | 2003 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Panama | 4 | 2003 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Croatia | 4 | 2003 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Kenya | 4 | 1994 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Mauritius | 3.9 | 2004 | [1] |
Russian Federation | 3.9 | 2003 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Hungary | 3.9 | 2003 | [1] |
Namibia | 3.9 | 2000 | [1] |
Pakistan | 3.9 | 2000 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Latvia | 3.8 | 2003 | [1] (15-68) |
Cyprus | 3.7 | 2003 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Afghanistan | 3.6 | 2005 | [1] |
Ukraine | 3.6 | 2003 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Azerbaijan | 3.5 | 2004 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Cambodia | 3.5 | 2003 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Armenia | 3.5 | 2003 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Tajikistan | 3.4 | 1998 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Venezuela | 3.3 | 2002 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Portugal | 3.3 | 2001 | [1] |
Bangladesh | 3.3 | 1997 | [1] |
Bolivia | 3.2 | 2005 | [1] (12-50) |
Finland | 3.2 | 2002 | [1] |
India | 3.2 | 2000 | [1] |
Nepal | 3.2 | 1998 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Ecuador | 3 | 2002 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Comoros | 2.9 | 2002 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Poland | 2.8 | 2002 | [1] |
Senegal | 2.8 | 1999 | [1] |
Ethiopia | 2.6 | 1999 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Belarus | 2.6 | 2003 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Macau | 2.6 | 2003 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Guyana | 2.6 | 2002 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Somalia | 2.5 | 2002 | [1] |
Sweden | 2.2 | 2004 | [1] (18-64) |
Lithuania | 2.2 | 2004 | [1] |
Nicaragua | 2.2 | 2002 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Angola | 2.1 | 1999 | [1] |
Jordan | 2.1 | 2001 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Suriname | 2 | 2002 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Syria | 2 | 2002 | [1] (UNODC estimates) |
Argentina | 1.9 | 2004 | [1] (16-65) |
Colombia | 1.9 | 2003 | [1] (18-65) |
Turkey | 1.9 | 2003 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Dominican Republic | 1.9 | 2000 | [1] |
New Caledonia | 1.9 | [1] (UNODC estimates) | |
Albania | 1.8 | 2004 | [1] |
Peru | 1.8 | 2002 | [1] (12-64) |
Greece | 1.7 | 2004 | [1] |
South Korea | 1.6 | 2004 | [1] |
Malaysia | 1.6 | 2003 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Honduras | 1.6 | 2002 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Uruguay | 1.5 | 2001 | [1] (13-64) |
Thailand | 1.5 | 2001 | [1] (12-65) |
Sri Lanka | 1.5 | 2000 | [1] |
Myanmar | 1.4 | 2001 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Uganda | 1.4 | [1] (UNODC estimates) | |
Mexico | 1.3 | 2002 | [1] (15-65) |
Indonesia | 1.3 | 2003 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Costa Rica | 1.3 | 2000-2001 | [1] (12-70) |
Brazil | 1 | 2001 | [1] (12-65) |
Romania | 0.9 | 2004 | [1] |
Chad | 0.9 | 1995 | [1] |
Malta | 0.8 | 2001 | [1] (18-65) |
Laos | 0.7 | 2002 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Maldives | 0.5 | 1994 | [1] |
Paraguay | 0.5 | 2003 | [1] (12-65) |
Taiwan | 0.5 | [1] (UNODC estimates) | |
Bahrain | 0.4 | [1] (UNODC estimates) | |
Viet Nam | 0.3 | 2002 | [1] (Tentative estimates) |
Tanzania | 0.2 | 1999 | [1] (UNODC estimates) |
Fiji | 0.2 | 1996 | [1] |
Japan | 0.1 | 2002 | [1] |
Oman | 0.1 | 1999 | [1] |
Vanuatu | 0.1 | 1997 | [1] |
Qatar | 0.1 | 1996 | [1] |
Libya | 0.05 | 1998 | [1] |
Hong Kong | 0.02 | 2004 | [1] |
Brunei Darussalam | 0.02 | 1996 | [1] |
Singapore | 0.004 | 2004 | [1] |
See also
- Adult lifetime cannabis use by country
- Cannabis reform at the international level
- 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
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- ^ http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=122108§ionid=351020403
- ^ http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/03/31/afghanistan-leading-hashish-producer/
- World Drug Report. Multi-year archive. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
External links
- Current Worldwide Annual Prevalence of Cannabis among Adults Interactive World Map.