Cannabis Freedom Index

Datasets Law · not part of the score

Cannabis seized

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) · 2015 to 2024

Seizures show where cannabis moves and where the authorities stop it. UNODC collects the kilograms of herb and resin each government seizes in a year; this site covers 167 countries from 2015 to 2024.[1] The largest totals come from Namibia, Tanzania and Paraguay, each over a million kilograms in 2024, figures that may include plants destroyed in the field.

A seizure is not a measure of use: a transit country can seize far more than its people smoke, and a large total may mean a strong police force as much as a large trade.[1] Plants, oil and seeds are left out. Each profile’s black market section explains where the country’s cannabis comes from, and the history records large finds such as the transit seizure at Singapore’s Pasir Panjang in 2026.

Published by
UNODC — World Drug Report 2026, statistical annex, table 7.1 Drug seizures 2015–2024
Data
table 7.1, spreadsheet
File here
unodc-cannabis-seizures.csv
See also
The interactive map · The files and their checksums
of 220 places covered
167
years in the file
2015–2024
the median country
2,928
places with several years
162

Cannabis seized, on the map

The stronger the blue, the more cannabis herb and resin was seized. Figures as reported; countries that have not reported since 2020 are hatched. Select a country for its profile.

Under 100 kg100 kg–1 t1–10 t10–100 t100 t or moreNo seizures reported to UNODC since 2020

UNODC World Drug Report 2026, table 7.1: cannabis herb and resin seized, latest year since 2020. Not part of the score.

Highest · Cannabis seized

  1. Namibia2,408,8102024
  2. Tanzania2,303,2002024
  3. Paraguay1,046,0352024

Lowest · Cannabis seized

  1. Yemen02024
  2. Palau22024
  3. Brunei32024

Country by country

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

Further figures
AfghanistanAsia24kg in 202424 kg of resin2024
AlbaniaEurope1,329kg in 20241,329 kg of herb · 0 kg of resin2024
AlgeriaAfrica37,787kg in 20246 kg of herb · 37,781 kg of resin2024
AndorraEurope5kg in 20242 kg of herb · 3 kg of resin2024
AngolaAfrica22,362kg in 202422,362 kg of herb2024
Antigua and BarbudaNorth America220kg in 2024196 kg of herb · 24 kg of resin2024
ArgentinaSouth America122,965kg in 2024122,964 kg of herb · 1 kg of resin2024
ArmeniaAsia328kg in 2024327 kg of herb · 0 kg of resin2024
ArubaNorth America280kg in 2021280 kg of herb2021
AustraliaOceania5,367kg in 20245,312 kg of herb · 55 kg of resin2024
AustriaEurope2,545kg in 20242,312 kg of herb · 233 kg of resin2024
AzerbaijanAsia5,335kg in 20245,335 kg of herb2024
BahamasNorth America1,241kg in 20241,241 kg of herb2024
BahrainAsia197kg in 202491 kg of herb · 106 kg of resin2024
BangladeshAsia114,345kg in 2024114,345 kg of herb2024
BarbadosNorth America11,831kg in 202311,831 kg of herb2023
BelarusEurope554kg in 202469 kg of herb · 485 kg of resin2024
BelgiumEurope10,694kg in 20249,983 kg of herb · 711 kg of resin2024
BelizeNorth America734kg in 2024733 kg of herb · 1 kg of resin2024
BeninAfrica1,209kg in 20241,209 kg of herb2024
BhutanAsia14kg in 202413 kg of herb · 1 kg of resin2024
BoliviaSouth America23,911kg in 202423,911 kg of herb2024
Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope11kg in 202411 kg of herb2024
BotswanaAfrica1,268kg in 20241,268 kg of herb2024
BrazilSouth America362,660kg in 2024361,600 kg of herb · 1,060 kg of resin2024
BruneiAsia3kg in 20243 kg of herb2024
BulgariaEurope10,898kg in 202410,893 kg of herb · 5 kg of resin2024
Burkina FasoAfrica11,734kg in 202411,734 kg of herb2024
Cabo VerdeAfrica26kg in 202422 kg of herb · 3 kg of resin2024
CambodiaAsia142kg in 2024142 kg of herb2024
CameroonAfrica6,861kg in 20246,861 kg of herb2024
CanadaNorth America26,860kg in 202426,573 kg of herb · 287 kg of resin2024
Central African RepublicAfrica374kg in 2024374 kg of herb2024
ChadAfrica400kg in 2024400 kg of herb2024
ChileSouth America31,132kg in 202431,132 kg of herb2024
ChinaAsia328kg in 2024328 kg of herb · 0 kg of resin2024
ColombiaSouth America452,834kg in 2024452,834 kg of herb2024
ComorosAfrica437kg in 2024316 kg of herb · 121 kg of resin2024
Costa RicaNorth America16,672kg in 202416,668 kg of herb · 4 kg of resin2024
Côte d'IvoireAfrica10,760kg in 202410,760 kg of herb2024
CroatiaEurope2,157kg in 20242,082 kg of herb · 76 kg of resin2024
CubaNorth America962kg in 2015962 kg of herb2015
CyprusEurope619kg in 2024617 kg of herb · 2 kg of resin2024
CzechiaEurope747kg in 2024621 kg of herb · 126 kg of resin2024
DenmarkEurope3,837kg in 2024522 kg of herb · 3,315 kg of resin2024
DjiboutiAfrica110kg in 2024110 kg of herb2024
Dominican RepublicNorth America6,424kg in 20246,422 kg of herb · 2 kg of resin2024
DR CongoAfrica1,800kg in 20241,800 kg of herb2024
EcuadorSouth America28,591kg in 202428,591 kg of herb2024
EgyptAfrica163,793kg in 202439,411 kg of herb · 124,382 kg of resin2024
El SalvadorNorth America477kg in 2024477 kg of herb2024
EstoniaEurope104kg in 2024102 kg of herb · 2 kg of resin2024
EswatiniAfrica24,708kg in 202424,708 kg of herb2024
FinlandEurope1,942kg in 20241,668 kg of herb · 274 kg of resin2024
FranceEurope101,000kg in 202436,300 kg of herb · 64,700 kg of resin2024
GambiaAfrica1,938kg in 20241,924 kg of herb · 14 kg of resin2024
GeorgiaAsia212kg in 2022212 kg of herb · 0 kg of resin2022
GermanyEurope24,366kg in 202419,362 kg of herb · 5,004 kg of resin2024
GhanaAfrica153kg in 2024147 kg of herb · 6 kg of resin2024
GibraltarEurope2kg in 20240 kg of herb · 2 kg of resin2024
GreeceEurope5,434kg in 20245,216 kg of herb · 218 kg of resin2024
GuatemalaNorth America1,097kg in 20241,097 kg of herb2024
GuineaAfrica11,447kg in 202211,447 kg of herb · 0 kg of resin2022
Guinea-BissauAfrica9,579kg in 20239,579 kg of herb · 0 kg of resin2023
GuyanaSouth America1,000kg in 20231,000 kg of herb2023
HaitiNorth America503kg in 2024503 kg of herb2024
HondurasNorth America13,584kg in 202413,584 kg of herb2024
Hong KongAsia4,382kg in 20244,086 kg of herb · 296 kg of resin2024
HungaryEurope639kg in 2024605 kg of herb · 34 kg of resin2024
IcelandEurope313kg in 2024290 kg of herb · 23 kg of resin2024
IndiaAsia540,386kg in 2024533,903 kg of herb · 6,483 kg of resin2024
IndonesiaAsia9,230kg in 20249,230 kg of herb2024
IranAsia42,898kg in 202442,898 kg of resin2024
IraqAsia178kg in 2022178 kg of resin2022
IrelandEurope6,655kg in 20246,327 kg of herb · 329 kg of resin2024
IsraelAsia12,050kg in 202410,450 kg of herb · 1,600 kg of resin2024
ItalyEurope46,086kg in 202428,753 kg of herb · 17,332 kg of resin2024
JamaicaNorth America34,842kg in 202434,840 kg of herb · 2 kg of resin2024
JapanAsia464kg in 2024452 kg of herb · 12 kg of resin2024
JordanAsia263kg in 2024263 kg of herb2024
KazakhstanAsia5,653kg in 20245,000 kg of herb · 653 kg of resin2024
KenyaAfrica28,153kg in 202428,153 kg of herb2024
KosovoEurope462kg in 2015462 kg of herb2015
KuwaitAsia81kg in 201933 kg of herb · 48 kg of resin2019
KyrgyzstanAsia539kg in 2024299 kg of herb · 240 kg of resin2024
LaosAsia3,274kg in 20243,274 kg of herb2024
LatviaEurope344kg in 2024158 kg of herb · 186 kg of resin2024
LebanonAsia8,126kg in 202225 kg of herb · 8,101 kg of resin2022
LesothoAfrica6,670kg in 20246,670 kg of herb2024
LiberiaAfrica2,581kg in 20242,581 kg of herb2024
LibyaAfrica7,695kg in 20217,695 kg of resin2021
LithuaniaEurope640kg in 2024230 kg of herb · 410 kg of resin2024
LuxembourgEurope97kg in 202457 kg of herb · 41 kg of resin2024
MacauAsia9kg in 20249 kg of herb2024
MadagascarAfrica12,354kg in 202412,351 kg of herb · 4 kg of resin2024
MalawiAfrica703kg in 2024703 kg of herb2024
MalaysiaAsia4,025kg in 20244,025 kg of herb2024
MaldivesAsia147kg in 2019147 kg of herb2019
MaliAfrica32,440kg in 202332,000 kg of herb · 440 kg of resin2023
MaltaEurope4,530kg in 2024214 kg of herb · 4,316 kg of resin2024
MauritaniaAfrica44kg in 20244 kg of herb · 40 kg of resin2024
MauritiusAfrica846kg in 2024809 kg of herb · 37 kg of resin2024
MexicoNorth America71,538kg in 202471,538 kg of herb2024
MoldovaEurope56kg in 202435 kg of herb · 21 kg of resin2024
MongoliaAsia117kg in 2024117 kg of herb · 0 kg of resin2024
MontenegroEurope910kg in 2024910 kg of herb · 0 kg of resin2024
MoroccoAfrica457,479kg in 2024112,629 kg of herb · 344,850 kg of resin2024
MozambiqueAfrica1,856kg in 20241,856 kg of herb2024
MyanmarAsia1,185kg in 20241,185 kg of herb2024
NamibiaAfrica2,408,810kg in 20242,408,810 kg of herb2024
NepalAsia12,943kg in 201910,320 kg of herb · 2,622 kg of resin2019
NetherlandsEurope14,747kg in 202414,492 kg of herb · 255 kg of resin2024
New ZealandOceania1,140kg in 20241,136 kg of herb · 5 kg of resin2024
NicaraguaNorth America1,980kg in 20241,980 kg of herb2024
NigerAfrica10,839kg in 202310,762 kg of herb · 78 kg of resin2023
NigeriaAfrica358,276kg in 2024358,276 kg of herb2024
North MacedoniaEurope318kg in 2024318 kg of herb · 0 kg of resin2024
NorwayEurope3,678kg in 20241,087 kg of herb · 2,591 kg of resin2024
OmanAsia921kg in 2020921 kg of resin2020
PakistanAsia177,254kg in 20249,859 kg of herb · 167,395 kg of resin2024
PalauOceania2kg in 20242 kg of herb2024
PalestineAsia84kg in 202332 kg of herb · 52 kg of resin2023
PanamaNorth America24,290kg in 202424,290 kg of herb2024
ParaguaySouth America1,046,035kg in 20241,045,866 kg of herb · 170 kg of resin2024
PeruSouth America56,327kg in 202456,327 kg of herb2024
PhilippinesAsia5,920kg in 20245,920 kg of herb2024
PolandEurope8,178kg in 20246,547 kg of herb · 1,631 kg of resin2024
PortugalEurope9,196kg in 20241,852 kg of herb · 7,344 kg of resin2024
QatarAsia684kg in 2024195 kg of herb · 489 kg of resin2024
RomaniaEurope904kg in 2024861 kg of herb · 43 kg of resin2024
RussiaEurope10,109kg in 20246,847 kg of herb · 3,262 kg of resin2024
Saudi ArabiaAsia4,700kg in 20210 kg of herb · 4,700 kg of resin2021
SenegalAfrica23,063kg in 202423,024 kg of herb · 39 kg of resin2024
SerbiaEurope4,145kg in 20244,145 kg of herb2024
SeychellesAfrica1,097kg in 202442 kg of herb · 1,055 kg of resin2024
Sierra LeoneAfrica1,631kg in 20241,631 kg of herb2024
SlovakiaEurope121kg in 2024120 kg of herb · 0 kg of resin2024
SloveniaEurope566kg in 2024564 kg of herb · 2 kg of resin2024
South AfricaAfrica122,782kg in 2024122,782 kg of herb2024
South KoreaAsia104kg in 202499 kg of herb · 5 kg of resin2024
SpainEurope254,457kg in 202448,466 kg of herb · 205,991 kg of resin2024
Sri LankaAsia8,651kg in 20248,360 kg of herb · 292 kg of resin2024
SudanAfrica204,702kg in 2018204,702 kg of herb2018
SurinameSouth America33kg in 20240 kg of herb · 33 kg of resin2024
SwedenEurope9,784kg in 20242,511 kg of herb · 7,273 kg of resin2024
SwitzerlandEurope4,844kg in 20243,512 kg of herb · 1,332 kg of resin2024
SyriaAsia1,230kg in 20231,230 kg of resin2023
TajikistanAsia4,011kg in 202464 kg of herb · 3,947 kg of resin2024
TanzaniaAfrica2,303,200kg in 20242,303,200 kg of herb2024
ThailandAsia56kg in 202356 kg of herb2023
TogoAfrica11,865kg in 202411,865 kg of herb2024
Trinidad and TobagoNorth America4kg in 20244 kg of herb2024
TunisiaAfrica1,815kg in 20241,815 kg of resin2024
TürkiyeAsia61,461kg in 202447,710 kg of herb · 13,751 kg of resin2024
TurkmenistanAsia25kg in 201620 kg of herb · 5 kg of resin2016
UgandaAfrica4kg in 20244 kg of herb2024
UkraineEurope2,062kg in 20242,061 kg of herb · 1 kg of resin2024
United Arab EmiratesAsia3,766kg in 2022414 kg of herb · 3,352 kg of resin2022
United KingdomEurope89,164kg in 202485,007 kg of herb · 4,156 kg of resin2024
United StatesNorth America79,375kg in 202479,375 kg of herb2024
UruguaySouth America625kg in 2024625 kg of herb · 0 kg of resin2024
UzbekistanAsia1,243kg in 2024665 kg of herb · 579 kg of resin2024
VenezuelaSouth America13,115kg in 202413,115 kg of herb2024
VietnamAsia2,580kg in 20242,580 kg of herb2024
YemenAsia0kg in 20240 kg of herb2024
ZambiaAfrica15,606kg in 202415,606 kg of herb2024
ZimbabweAfrica627kg in 2023627 kg of herb2023

What is counted, and how the file was made

Kilograms of cannabis herb and cannabis resin seized by the authorities each year, as reported to UNODC. Seizures show where enforcement and trafficking routes are, not how much cannabis is used: a transit country can seize far more than it consumes. Figures are as reported, and some countries appear to count plants destroyed in the field as herb, which makes their totals very large. Plants, oil and seeds are left out.

The publisher's spreadsheet was downloaded on 21 October 2026 and is published here unchanged. The CSV is extracted from it by scripts/extract-unodc.py (seizures): herb and resin in kilograms for every country and year, adding up rows of the same kind, with UNODC's source for each figure (ARQ: the government's annual questionnaire; GOV: another government source; AU: the African Union; INCSR: the US State Department).

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

References

  1. UNODC — World Drug Report 2026, statistical annexarchived
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