Adult lifetime cannabis use by country is the lifetime prevalence of cannabis use among all adults in surveys among the general population.^[1][2] Lifetime prevalence means any use of cannabis during a person's life.^[3]

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Age range is the range the data computation is based on.

Country	Geographical area	Year	Age range	Cannabis (%)	Refs
Australia	National	2007	14+	33.5	[4]
Austria	National	2004	15–64	20.1	[1]
Belgium	National	2004	15–64	10.4	[2]
Brazil	National	2018	15–64	14.0	[5]
Bulgaria	National	2005	18–60	4.4	[1]
Canada	National	2005	15+	44.5	[6]
Chile	National	2014	12–64	31.5	[7]
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	[1]
Czech Republic	National	2004	18–64	20.6	[1]
Denmark	National	2005	16–64	36.5	[1]
Finland	National	2004	15–64	12.9	[1]
France	National	2005	15–64	30.6	[1]
Germany	National	2003	18–59	24.5	[1]
Ghana	National	2007	15–64	21.5	[1]
Greece	National (except Aegean and Ionian Islands)	2004	15–64	8.9	[1]
Hungary	National	2003	18–54	9.8	[1]
Israel	National	2002–4	21+	11.5	[2]
Italy	National	2005	15–64	29.3	[1]
Japan	Four metropolitan areas (Fukiage, Kushikino, Nagasaki, Okayama).	2002–3	20+	1.5	[2]
Latvia	National	2003	15–64	10.6	[1]
Lebanon	National	2002–3	18+	4.6	[2]
Lithuania	National	2004	15–64	7.6	[1]
Luxembourg	National	1998	15–64	12.9	[1]
Malta	National	2001	18–64	3.5	[1]
Nepal	All urban areas of the country (approximately 80% of the total national population).	2001–2	18–65	7.8	[2]
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	[1]
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	[1]
Peru	Seven cities (Lima, Trujillo, Tacna, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Tarapoto and Iquitos)	2003	12–64	10.3	[8]
Philippines	National	2002–3	15-64	17.4	[1]
Poland	National	2002	16-64	7.7	[1]
Portugal	National	2001	15–64	7.6	[1]
Romania	National	2008	15–64	7.4	[1]
Slovakia	National	2004	15–64	15.6	[1]
South Africa	National	2003–4	18+	8.4	[2]
Spain	National	2005–6	15-64	28.6	[1]
Sweden	National	2006	16–64	12.0	[1]
UK ( England)	National	2005–6	14–59	29.8	[1]
UK ( Wales)	National	2005–6	16–59	29.8	[1]
UK ( Northern Ireland)	National	2002–3	15–64	16.8	[1]
UK ( Scotland)	National	2004	16–64	20.5	[1]
United Kingdom	United Kingdom overall	2004	14+	29.6	[1]
United States	National	2010	16-34	51.6	[9]

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.