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

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