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See also: Annual cannabis use by country (as opposed to lifetime use).

Lifetime prevalence of cannabis use among all adults in surveys among the general population.^[1][2] Lifetime prevalence means any use during a person’s life.^[3] Unless another reference is indicated (see "Refs" column) all the data comes from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.^[1] The table is sortable. A sortable table is identified by the arrows in each of its header cells. Clicking them will cause the table rows to sort based on the selected column, in ascending order first, and subsequently toggling between ascending and descending order. For example; the countries can be sorted according to the percentage of lifetime cannabis use. To see the table ordered by highest percentage of use click the "Cannabis (%)" column header icon twice. See also: Annual cannabis use by country.

Country	Geographical area	Year	Age range all adults	Cannabis (%)	Refs
Austria	National	2004	15-64	20.1
Belgium	National	2004	15-64	13.37	[2]
Bulgaria	National	2005	18-60	4.4
Canada	National	2005	15+	44.5	[4]
China	Beijing and Shanghai metropolitan areas.	2002-3	18+	0.3	[2]
Colombia	All urban areas of the country (approximately 73% of the total national population).	2003	18-65	10.8	[2]
Cyprus	National	2006	15-64	6.6
Czech Republic	National	2004	18-64	20.6
Denmark	National	2005	16-64	36.5
Finland	National	2004	15-64	12.9
France	National	2005	15-64	30.6
Germany	National	2003	18-59	24.5
Greece	National (except Aegean and Ionian Islands)	2004	15-64	8.9
Hungary	National	2003	18-54	9.8
Ireland	National	2002-3	15-64	17.4
Israel	National	2002-4	21+	11.5	[2]
Italy	National	2005	15-64	29.3
Japan	Four metropolitan areas (Fukiage, Kushikino, Nagasaki, Okayama).	2002-3	20+	1.5	[2]
Latvia	National	2003	15-64	10.6
Lebanon	National	2002-3	18+	4.6	[2]
Lithuania	National	2004	15-64	7.6
Luxembourg	National	1998	15-64	12.9
Malta	National	2001	18-64	3.5
Mexico	All urban areas of the country (approximately 75% of the total national population).	2001-2	18-65	7.8	[2]
Netherlands	National	2005	15-64	22.6
New Zealand	National	2004-5	16+	41.9	[2]
Nigeria	21 of the 36 states in the country, representing 57% of the national population.	2002-3	18+	2.7	[2]
Norway	National	2004	15-64	16.2
Poland	National	2002	16-64	7.7
Portugal	National	2001	15-64	7.6
Romania	National	2008	15-64	7.4
Slovakia	National	2004	15-64	15.6
South Africa	National	2003-4	18+	8.4	[2]
Spain	National	2005-6	15-64	28.6
Sweden	National	2006	16-64	12.0
England	National	2005-6	16-59	29.8
Wales	National	2005-6	16-59	29.8
Northern Ireland	National	2002-3	15-64	16.8
Scotland	National	2004	16-64	20.5
United Kingdom	United Kingdom overall	2004		29.6
United States	National	2002-3	18+	42.4	[2]

Map

Lifetime prevalence of cannabis use among all adults (aged 15 to 64 years old) in nationwide surveys among the general population. Data taken from EMCDDA (European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction).^[1] Click the image for more info. See the chart for the exact percentage of cannabis use for each country.

See also

Cannabis portal

• Annual 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

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