Cannabis Freedom Index

Datasets 35 datasets · 3,413 country figures

Datasets

The index scores the law. Beside it the site shows what others count: how many people use cannabis, how many are arrested for it, what it costs and how strong it is, what people think of it, and how free, rich or corrupt a country is. Each dataset has a page with what it measures, how it was made, a world map and every country's figure. None of it is part of the score.

Use 8

  1. Cannabis useUNODC · national surveys from 1995 to 2024220 places
  2. Cannabis use at 15 and 16UNODC · school surveys from 2003 to 202451 places
  3. Is cannabis easy to get? (students, Europe)ESPAD · surveyed in 202437 places
  4. Cannabis in wastewaterEUDA · 2011 to 202433 places · 2011–2024
  5. Where people in Canada get their cannabisHealth Canada · 2018 to 20241 places · 2018–2024
  6. Students who have tried cannabis (Europe)ESPAD · 1995 to 2024, every four or five years37 places · 1995–2024
  7. Alcohol drunk per personWHO, Our World in Data · 2000 to 2022187 places · 2000–2020
  8. People entering treatment for cannabisEUDA · 2024 (France, Spain and Türkiye 2023)29 places · 2023–2024

Law 3

  1. Offences for cannabis use or possessionEUDA · 2007 to 202423 places · 2007–2024
  2. Police contact for drug use or possessionUNODC · latest year reported, mostly 2024104 places
  3. Cannabis seizedUNODC · 2015 to 2024167 places · 2015–2024

Society 18

  1. Is using marijuana morally wrong?Pew Research Center · surveyed January to May 202525 places · 2025
  2. Research on cannabisOpenAlex · 1950 to 2025188 places · 1951–2025
  3. Human Freedom IndexCato and Fraser Institutes · data for 2023165 places · 2000–2023
  4. Civil libertiesV-Dem, Our World in Data · 1900 to 2025177 places · 1900–2025
  5. PopulationOur World in Data, World Bank · 1900 to 2025220 places · 1900–2025
  6. Former colonial rulersCEPII · compiled 2011204 places
  7. Government revenue from cannabis in CanadaStatistics Canada · fiscal years 2021/2022 to 2024/20251 places · 2021–2024
  8. Should marijuana be legal? (United States)Gallup · 1969 to 20231 places · 1969–2023
  9. Government effectivenessWorld Bank · 1996 to 2025204 places · 1996–2025
  10. Minimum wageEurostat · 1999 to 202631 places · 1999–2026
  11. Corruption Perceptions IndexTransparency International · 2012 to 2024180 places · 2012–2024
  12. Most common religionPew Research Center · 2010 and 2020191 places · 2010–2020
  13. Income per personWorld Bank · 1990 to 2025198 places · 1990–2025
  14. Views of the cannabis article on WikipediaWikimedia · July 2015 to September 202626 places · 2015.542–2026.792
  15. Development indicatorsWorld Bank · 1990 to 2025212 places · 1990–2025
  16. The words for cannabis in booksGoogle Books · 1800 to 2022Worldwide · 1800–2022
  17. Parties for legal cannabisWikidata · founded 1993 to 20229 places · 1993–2022
  18. Cannabis in the newsGDELT · 2017 to 2025147 places · 2017–2025

Plant and market 6

  1. Street price of cannabis (Europe)EUDA · 2002 to 202429 places · 2002–2024
  2. THC in cannabis sold (Europe)EUDA · 2002 to 202428 places · 2002–2024
  3. Cannabis shops on the mapOpenStreetMap · counted October 202663 places · 2026
  4. Records of the cannabis plantGBIF · records from 1500 to 2026134 places · 1500–2026
  5. Hemp grownFAO · 1961 to 202439 places · 1961–2024
  6. Clinical trials of cannabis medicinesClinicalTrials.gov · actual starts recorded as of 26 October 202652 places · 2000–2026

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