Datasets Use · not part of the score
Is cannabis easy to get? (students, Europe)
ESPAD Group and the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) · surveyed in 2024
Whether a teenager could get cannabis if they wanted to says more about the market than about the law. The ESPAD school survey asked students aged 15 to 16 in 37 European countries the same question in 2024, and the median is 28% who say it would be fairly or very easy.[1] Denmark and Germany are highest, at 41%, with Slovenia close behind; Moldova and Ukraine lowest, under 10%.
Germany’s survey was taken in 2024, the year of its Cannabis Act. The chart of how easy it is to get sets the answers beside each score; compare with students who have tried cannabis and each profile’s black market section.
- Published by
- ESPAD Report 2024 — Results from the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs, table 3b
- File here
- espad-2024-cannabis-availability.csv
- of 220 places covered
- 37
- years in the file
- surveyed in 2024
- the median country
- 27.6%
Students who say cannabis is easy to get, on the map
The stronger the blue, the more students aged 15 to 16 say cannabis would be easy to get. Countries outside the ESPAD survey are hatched. Select a country for its profile.
30.9% of boys · 27.7% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
23.9% of boys · 26.3% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
32.5% of boys · 32.2% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
26.5% of boys · 21.3% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
41.7% of boys · 36.2% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
45.4% of boys · 37.3% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
30.3% of boys · 28.9% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
13.8% of boys · 8.4% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
28.4% of boys · 22.2% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
23% of boys · 20.2% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
15.4% of boys · 9.4% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
45.9% of boys · 36.3% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
33.7% of boys · 33.9% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
25.7% of boys · 23.2% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
20.5% of boys · 17% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
29.1% of boys · 27.6% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
34% of boys · 28.1% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
16.5% of boys · 7.8% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
24.8% of boys · 22.4% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
38.8% of boys · 34.6% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
16.8% of boys · 15% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
27.4% of boys · 33.2% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
6.8% of boys · 3.8% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
28.8% of boys · 21.9% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
33.3% of boys · 24.2% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
35.1% of boys · 30.7% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
21.3% of boys · 12.1% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
41.3% of boys · 39.4% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
35.2% of boys · 29.3% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
22.4% of boys · 19.6% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
14.2% of boys · 13.7% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
22.3% of boys · 17.8% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
29.9% of boys · 31.2% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
42% of boys · 39.7% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
31.1% of boys · 27.2% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
26.9% of boys · 26.2% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
9.4% of boys · 5.2% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024
ESPAD Report 2024, table 3b: students answering "fairly easy" or "very easy". Not part of the score.
Country by country
Each place's latest figure, as on its profile. Select a heading to sort.
| Further figures | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| AustriaEurope | 29.6%of students say it is easy to get | 30.9% of boys · 27.7% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| BulgariaEurope | 25.1%of students say it is easy to get | 23.9% of boys · 26.3% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| CroatiaEurope | 32.4%of students say it is easy to get | 32.5% of boys · 32.2% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| CyprusEurope | 23.8%of students say it is easy to get | 26.5% of boys · 21.3% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| CzechiaEurope | 38.9%of students say it is easy to get | 41.7% of boys · 36.2% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| DenmarkEurope | 41.1%of students say it is easy to get | 45.4% of boys · 37.3% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| EstoniaEurope | 29.6%of students say it is easy to get | 30.3% of boys · 28.9% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| Faroe IslandsEurope | 11.2%of students say it is easy to get | 13.8% of boys · 8.4% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| FinlandEurope | 25.3%of students say it is easy to get | 28.4% of boys · 22.2% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| FranceEurope | 21.6%of students say it is easy to get | 23% of boys · 20.2% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| GeorgiaAsia | 12.3%of students say it is easy to get | 15.4% of boys · 9.4% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| GermanyEurope | 41.1%of students say it is easy to get | 45.9% of boys · 36.3% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| GreeceEurope | 33.8%of students say it is easy to get | 33.7% of boys · 33.9% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| HungaryEurope | 24.4%of students say it is easy to get | 25.7% of boys · 23.2% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| IcelandEurope | 18.9%of students say it is easy to get | 20.5% of boys · 17% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| IrelandEurope | 28.5%of students say it is easy to get | 29.1% of boys · 27.6% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| ItalyEurope | 31.1%of students say it is easy to get | 34% of boys · 28.1% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| KosovoEurope | 11.8%of students say it is easy to get | 16.5% of boys · 7.8% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| LatviaEurope | 23.6%of students say it is easy to get | 24.8% of boys · 22.4% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| LiechtensteinEurope | 36.4%of students say it is easy to get | 38.8% of boys · 34.6% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| LithuaniaEurope | 16%of students say it is easy to get | 16.8% of boys · 15% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| MaltaEurope | 30.3%of students say it is easy to get | 27.4% of boys · 33.2% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| MoldovaEurope | 5.3%of students say it is easy to get | 6.8% of boys · 3.8% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| MonacoEurope | 25.8%of students say it is easy to get | 28.8% of boys · 21.9% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| MontenegroEurope | 28.7%of students say it is easy to get | 33.3% of boys · 24.2% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| NetherlandsEurope | 32.8%of students say it is easy to get | 35.1% of boys · 30.7% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| North MacedoniaEurope | 16.6%of students say it is easy to get | 21.3% of boys · 12.1% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| NorwayEurope | 40.4%of students say it is easy to get | 41.3% of boys · 39.4% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| PolandEurope | 32.2%of students say it is easy to get | 35.2% of boys · 29.3% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| PortugalEurope | 21%of students say it is easy to get | 22.4% of boys · 19.6% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| RomaniaEurope | 14%of students say it is easy to get | 14.2% of boys · 13.7% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| SerbiaEurope | 19.9%of students say it is easy to get | 22.3% of boys · 17.8% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| SlovakiaEurope | 30.7%of students say it is easy to get | 29.9% of boys · 31.2% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| SloveniaEurope | 40.9%of students say it is easy to get | 42% of boys · 39.7% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| SpainEurope | 29%of students say it is easy to get | 31.1% of boys · 27.2% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| SwedenEurope | 26.7%of students say it is easy to get | 26.9% of boys · 26.2% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
| UkraineEurope | 7%of students say it is easy to get | 9.4% of boys · 5.2% of girls · aged 15–16 · 2024 | — |
What is counted, and how the file was made
The per cent of students aged 15 to 16 who say cannabis would be "fairly easy" or "very easy" to get if they wanted it, overall and for boys and girls, in 37 European countries. A school survey with the same questionnaire everywhere.
The EUDA's site refuses scripted downloads, so the spreadsheet of source tables was opened in a browser on 21 October 2026 and the cannabis columns of table 3b were read from it and written here, rounded to two decimals.
The file belongs to ESPAD and keeps its terms; cite the publisher when you use it.