Adult lifetime cannabis use by country

Adult lifetime cannabis use by country refers to the lifetime prevalence of cannabis

Cannabis (drug)

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use among all adults in surveys among the general population. Lifetime prevalence means any use during a person’s life. Unless another reference is indicated (see "Refs" column) all the data comes from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction

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. 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

Annual cannabis use by country

This is a list of countries by the annual prevalence of cannabis use as a percentage of the population aged 15–64...

Country	Geographical area	Year	Age range all adults	Cannabis (%)
Austria	National	2004	15-64	20.1
Belgium	National	2004	15-64	10.4
Kingdom of Bulgaria	National	2005	18-60	4.4
Canada	National	2005	15+	44.5
Mainland China	Beijing Beijing Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's... and Shanghai Shanghai Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010... 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
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
Early Modern France	National	2005	15-64	30.6
Germany	National	2003	18-59	24.5
Greece	National (except Aegean Aegean Islands The Aegean Islands are the group of islands in the Aegean Sea, with mainland Greece to the west and north and Turkey to the east; the island of Crete delimits the sea to the south, those of Rhodes, Karpathos and Kasos to the southeast... and Ionian Islands Ionian Islands The Ionian Islands are a group of islands in Greece. They are traditionally called the Heptanese, i.e... )	2004	15-64	8.9
Hungary	National	2003	18-54	9.8
Republic of Ireland	National	2002-3	15-64	17.4
Israel	National	2002-4	21+	11.5
Italy	National	2005	15-64	29.3
Japan	Four metropolitan areas (Fukiage Fukiage, Saitama Fukiage was a town located in Kitaadachi District, Saitama, Japan.On October 1, 2005 Fukiage, along with the town of Kawasato, from Kitasaitama District, was merged in the expanded city of Kōnosu.... , Kushikino, Nagasaki Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. Nagasaki was founded by the Portuguese in the second half of the 16th century on the site of a small fishing village, formerly part of Nishisonogi District... , Okayama).	2002-3	20+	1.5
Latvia	National	2003	15-64	10.6
Lebanon	National	2002-3	18+	4.6
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
Netherlands	National	2005	15-64	22.6
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	2004	15-64	16.2
Poland	National	2002	16-64	7.7
Portugal	National	2001	15-64	7.6
Kingdom of Romania	National	2008	15-64	7.4
Slovakia	National	2004	15-64	15.6
South Africa	National	2003-4	18+	8.4
Spain	National	2005-6	15-64	28.6
Sweden	National	2006	16-64	12.0
Kingdom of England	National	2005-6	16-59	29.8
Wales	National	2005-6	16-59	29.8
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...	National	2002-3	15-64	16.8
Kingdom of Scotland	National	2004	16-64	20.5
United Kingdom	United Kingdom overall	2004		29.6
United States	National	2002-3	18+	42.4

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External links

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