Cannabis Freedom Index

Datasets Use · not part of the score

Students who have tried cannabis (Europe)

ESPAD Group and the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) · 1995 to 2024, every four or five years

The European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs has asked 15- and 16-year-olds the same questions every four or five years since 1995, which makes it the longest comparable series of cannabis use in Europe.[1] In 2024, across 37 countries, the median is 11% who have ever tried cannabis. Czechia is highest, at 24%, with Liechtenstein and Slovakia next; Moldova, Georgia and Romania are lowest, under 5%.

Germany’s figures are for Bavaria only.[1] The chart of teenage trends follows each country since 1995, wave by wave. Compare with how easy students say it is to get and with use at 15 and 16 outside Europe.

Published by
ESPAD Report 2024 — source tables, figure 32, lifetime use of cannabis by country, 1995–2024
Data
source tables, spreadsheet (figure 32)
File here
espad-cannabis-lifetime-trend.csv
See also
The interactive map · The chart · The files and their checksums
of 220 places covered
37
years in the file
1995–2024
the median country
11.1%
places with several years
37

Students who have tried cannabis, on the map

The stronger the blue, the more students aged 15 to 16 have tried cannabis. Countries outside the ESPAD survey are hatched. Select a country for its profile.

Under 6%6–10%10–14%14–18%18% or moreNot in the 2024 ESPAD school survey

ESPAD trend database 1995–2024, figure 32 of the 2024 report's source tables. Germany is Bavaria only. Not part of the score.

Highest · Students who have tried cannabis

  1. Czechia23.9%2024
  2. Liechtenstein23%2024
  3. Slovakia19.2%2024

Lowest · Students who have tried cannabis

  1. Moldova2.5%2024
  2. Georgia3.3%2024
  3. Romania4.9%2024

Country by country

Each place's latest figure, as on its profile. Select a heading to sort.

Further figures
AustriaEurope17.3%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
BulgariaEurope10.6%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
CroatiaEurope14.8%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
CyprusEurope8.2%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
CzechiaEurope23.9%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
DenmarkEurope12%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
EstoniaEurope17.5%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
Faroe IslandsEurope5.1%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
FinlandEurope9.3%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
FranceEurope8.4%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
GeorgiaAsia3.3%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
GermanyEurope17.4%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
GreeceEurope11.5%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
HungaryEurope14.8%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
IcelandEurope7.8%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
IrelandEurope11.8%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
ItalyEurope17.7%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
KosovoEurope5.7%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
LatviaEurope15.6%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
LiechtensteinEurope23%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
LithuaniaEurope11.2%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
MaltaEurope11.5%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
MoldovaEurope2.5%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
MonacoEurope11.1%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
MontenegroEurope9.6%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
NetherlandsEurope15.3%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
North MacedoniaEurope5.5%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
NorwayEurope10.3%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
PolandEurope15.5%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
PortugalEurope8.6%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
RomaniaEurope4.9%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
SerbiaEurope6.2%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
SlovakiaEurope19.2%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
SloveniaEurope18.3%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
SpainEurope10.2%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
SwedenEurope6.5%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024
UkraineEurope10.4%of students have tried itaged 15–16 · 20242024

What is counted, and how the file was made

The per cent of students aged 15 to 16 who have ever used cannabis, in each wave of the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs from 1995 to 2024, from its trend database. Germany's figures are for Bavaria only. Moldova, Montenegro and North Macedonia held their 2007 wave in 2008.

The EUDA's site refuses scripted downloads, so the spreadsheet of source tables was opened in a browser on 22 October 2026 and figure 32 was read from it and written here, one row per country and wave, rounded to one decimal.

The file belongs to ESPAD and keeps its terms; cite the publisher when you use it.

References

  1. ESPAD Group — ESPAD Report 2024
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