Cannabis Freedom Index

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Cannabis in the news

The GDELT Project · 2017 to 2025

News coverage shows where cannabis is argued over. The GDELT Project monitors news worldwide; this site counts the cannabis and marijuana articles from each country’s outlets as a share of all the news GDELT follows.[1] The United States accounts for by far the most, followed by the United Kingdom and Mexico; 147 countries have a figure.

The share is of all news worldwide, not of the country’s own news, so large media markets dominate, and outlet coverage is uneven.[1] The chart of cannabis in the news follows the series since 2017; compare with what readers look up in views of the cannabis article on Wikipedia.

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The GDELT Project — DOC 2.0 API, cannabis articles from each source country as a share of global coverage
Data
DOC 2.0 API, Germany as an example
File here
gdelt-cannabis-news.csv
See also
The interactive map · The chart · The files and their checksums
of 220 places covered
147
years in the file
2017–2025
the median country
0.0002%
places with several years
147

Cannabis in the news, on the map

The stronger the blue, the larger the contribution to global indexed cannabis coverage. Select a country for its profile.

Under 0.001%0.001–0.003%0.003–0.01%0.01–0.03%0.03% or moreToo little news monitored by GDELT

The GDELT Project, DOC 2.0 API TimelineVol. Global denominator; uneven outlet coverage. Not part of the score.

Highest · Cannabis in the news

  1. United States0.1209%2025
  2. United Kingdom0.0223%2025
  3. Mexico0.0174%2025

Lowest · Cannabis in the news

  1. Zambia0%2025
  2. Yemen0%2025
  3. Vanuatu0%2025

Country by country

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

Further figures
AfghanistanAsia0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
AlbaniaEurope0.002%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
AndorraEurope0.0001%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
AngolaAfrica0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
Antigua and BarbudaNorth America0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
ArmeniaAsia0.0005%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
AustraliaOceania0.009%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
AustriaEurope0.001%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
AzerbaijanAsia0.0014%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
BahamasNorth America0.0001%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
BahrainAsia0.0002%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
BangladeshAsia0.0027%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
BelarusEurope0.0001%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
BelgiumEurope0.0008%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
BelizeNorth America0.0002%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
BeninAfrica0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
BhutanAsia0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
BoliviaSouth America0.0004%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
BotswanaAfrica0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
BruneiAsia0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
BulgariaEurope0.0037%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
Burkina FasoAfrica0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
BurundiAfrica0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
Cabo VerdeAfrica0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
CambodiaAsia0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
CameroonAfrica0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
CanadaNorth America0.0131%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
ChadAfrica0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
ChileSouth America0.0023%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
ChinaAsia0.0037%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
ColombiaSouth America0.0042%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
ComorosAfrica0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
Costa RicaNorth America0.0001%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
Côte d'IvoireAfrica0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
CzechiaEurope0.001%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
DenmarkEurope0.0008%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
DjiboutiAfrica0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
DominicaNorth America0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
Dominican RepublicNorth America0.0011%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
DR CongoAfrica0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
EgyptAfrica0.0006%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
EritreaAfrica0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
EswatiniAfrica0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
EthiopiaAfrica0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
FijiOceania0.0001%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
FinlandEurope0.0007%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
FranceEurope0.0092%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
GabonAfrica0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
GambiaAfrica0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
GeorgiaAsia0.0001%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
GermanyEurope0.0076%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
GhanaAfrica0.0004%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
GrenadaNorth America0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
GuatemalaNorth America0.0005%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
GuineaAfrica0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
GuyanaSouth America0.0003%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
HondurasNorth America0.0004%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
HungaryEurope0.0006%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
IcelandEurope0.0001%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
IndiaAsia0.0074%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
IndonesiaAsia0.0037%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
IranAsia0.0001%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
IraqAsia0.0001%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
IrelandEurope0.0042%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
IsraelAsia0.0008%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
JapanAsia0.0007%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
KazakhstanAsia0.0002%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
KenyaAfrica0.0002%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
KosovoEurope0.0007%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
KuwaitAsia0.0001%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
LatviaEurope0.0002%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
LebanonAsia0.0002%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
LesothoAfrica0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
LiberiaAfrica0.0001%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
LibyaAfrica0.0001%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
LiechtensteinEurope0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
LithuaniaEurope0.0005%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
LuxembourgEurope0.0002%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
MadagascarAfrica0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
MalaysiaAsia0.0008%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
MaldivesAsia0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
MaliAfrica0.0001%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
MaltaEurope0.0004%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
MauritiusAfrica0.0003%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
MexicoNorth America0.0174%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
MoldovaEurope0.0001%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
MonacoEurope0.0001%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
MongoliaAsia0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
MontenegroEurope0.0004%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
MoroccoAfrica0.0004%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
NamibiaAfrica0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
NepalAsia0.0007%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
NetherlandsEurope0.0005%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
NicaraguaNorth America0.0001%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
NigerAfrica0.0001%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
NigeriaAfrica0.0021%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
North KoreaAsia0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
NorwayEurope0.0002%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
OmanAsia0.0001%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
PakistanAsia0.0012%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
PanamaNorth America0.0002%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
Papua New GuineaOceania0.0001%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
ParaguaySouth America0.0012%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
PeruSouth America0.001%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
PhilippinesAsia0.001%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
PolandEurope0.0021%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
PortugalEurope0.0007%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
RomaniaEurope0.0019%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
Saint Kitts and NevisNorth America0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
Saint LuciaNorth America0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesNorth America0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
SamoaOceania0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
SenegalAfrica0.0001%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
SerbiaEurope0.0039%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
Sierra LeoneAfrica0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
SingaporeAsia0.0002%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
SloveniaEurope0.0006%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
SomaliaAfrica0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
South AfricaAfrica0.0003%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
South SudanAfrica0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
SpainEurope0.0121%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
Sri LankaAsia0.0003%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
SudanAfrica0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
SurinameSouth America0.0001%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
SwedenEurope0.0006%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
SwitzerlandEurope0.0009%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
SyriaAsia0.0002%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
TanzaniaAfrica0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
ThailandAsia0.0007%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
TongaOceania0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
Trinidad and TobagoNorth America0.0004%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
TunisiaAfrica0.0003%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
TürkiyeAsia0.0095%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
TuvaluOceania0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
UgandaAfrica0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
UkraineEurope0.0019%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
United Arab EmiratesAsia0.0001%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
United KingdomEurope0.0223%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
United StatesNorth America0.1209%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
UruguaySouth America0.0004%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
UzbekistanAsia0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
VanuatuOceania0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
VenezuelaSouth America0.0011%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
VietnamAsia0.002%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
YemenAsia0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
ZambiaAfrica0%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025
ZimbabweAfrica0.0001%of global news: cannabis articles from here2025 average, 348 days2025

What is counted, and how the file was made

Cannabis or marijuana articles from each source country as a percentage of all global news monitored by GDELT, averaged equally over returned daily percentages. The denominator stays global when a source-country filter is applied. This measures contribution to global indexed coverage, not the share of that country's news about cannabis. Uneven outlet coverage, national news output and the global denominator affect comparisons.

Downloaded on 22 October 2026 by scripts/fetch-open-data.py (news), one request per country by name using TimelineVol; `days` is how many daily observations GDELT returned. Values are arithmetic means of daily global-coverage percentages, not ratios of annual article totals. Denominator corrected in the descriptions on 27 October 2026; stored values unchanged. Method: https://blog.gdeltproject.org/gdelt-doc-2-0-api-debuts/

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

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