Cannabis use in the last year in Europe – young adults (15-34)

Description

This infographic, developed to accompany the miniguide Cannabis: health and social responses in Europe presents some key statistics on cannabis use among young people (15-34) in the EU-27, Norway and Turkey. For more detailed statistics on prevalance and patterns of use, as well as methodological information, please refer to the Data section of our website.

Last year use, all young adults
Prevalence of cannabis use in the last year among young adults, by country
Last year cannabis use, all young adults: gender breakdown
Frequency of cannabis use in the past 30 days (%)

 

Source data

Table 1. Prevalence of cannabis use in the last year in Europe among young adults (15-34)
Use Percentage
Used 15.5
Did not use 84.5
Table 2. Prevalence by gender, cannabis use in the last year in Europe among young adults (15-34)
Gender Percentage (%)
Males 19.5
Females 11.2
Table 3. Frequency of use in the past 30 days (%)
Number of days used Percentage (%)
1 to 3 days 49.1
4 to 9 days 18.6
10 to 19 days 10.9
20+ days 21.3
Cannabis use in the last year in the European Union – young adults (15-34)
Country Prevalence (%) Year
Austria 11.1 2020
Belgium 13.6 2018
Bulgaria 5.9 2020
Croatia 20.3 2019
Cyprus 8.1 2019
Czechia 22.9 2020
Denmark 12 2021
Estonia 16.6 2018
Finland 15.5 2018
France 21.8 2017
Germany 16.9 2018
Greece 4.5 2015
Hungary 3.4 2019
Ireland 13.8 2019
Italy 20.9 2017
Latvia 8.2 2020
Lithuania 6 2016
Luxembourg 12 2019
Netherlands 17.4 2020
Norway 10.1 2020
Poland 7.8 2018
Portugal 8 2016
Romania 6 2019
Slovakia 7.7 2019
Slovenia 12.3 2018
Spain 19.1 2020
Sweden 7.6 2020
Türkiye 1.8 2017
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