Table GPS-1 part (i). Lifetime prevalence of drug use among all adults (15 to 64 years old) in nationwide surveys among the general population. Lifetime prevalence all adults (percentage)

Country - geographical area

Ref.

Year

Age range

Sample size

Cannabis (%)

Cocaine (%) (1)

Amphetamines (%) (2)

Ecstasy (%)
(3)

LSD (%)

Belgium

Vlanderen (Brussels excluded)

1

1994

18-65

2259

5.8

0.5

0.9

0.5

 

French Community

2

1996-97

18-49

976

12.8

 

 

 

 

French Community

3

1998-99

18-49

1008

20.3

 

  

  

 

French Community

4

2000

18-49

694

22.2

 

  

 

 

National

5

2001

15-64

7347

10.6

 

2.1

  

 

Czech Republic

National

1

2002

18-64

2526

21.1

 

2.3

4.0

2.2

Denmark

National

1

1990

>=16

2000

22.0

1.0

3.0

 

 

National

2

1994

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

National

3

2000

16-64

11825

31.3

2.5

5.9

1.0

1.4

Germany

East Germany

1

1990

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

West Germany

2

1990

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Old and New Länder

3

1995

18-59

7833

11.9

1.9

2.4

1.4

 

Old and New Länder

4

1997

18-59

8019

11.5

1.4

1.5

1.5

 

National

5

2000

18-59

8139

19.3

2.3

2.3

1.6

1.8

National

6

2003

18-59

8061

24.5

3.2

3.4

2.4

2.5

Estonia

National

1

1998

18-64

2317

5.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

National

2

2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greece

Athens

1

1993

12-64

2103

9.4

0.8

1.0

 

 

National (except Aegean and Ionian Islands)

2

1998

15-64

3398

13.1

1.3

0.6

0.3

 

National (except Aegean and Ionian Islands)

3

2004

15-64

4351

8.9

0.7

0.1

0.4

0.3

Spain

National

1

1995

15-64

8888

14.2

3.7

2.5

2.0

 

National

2

1997

15-65

12515

21.7

3.2

2.6

2.5

 

National

3

1999

15-64

12234

19.8

3.2

2.2

2.4

 

National

4

2001

15-64

14113

24.5

4.9

3.0

4.2

 

France

National

1

1992

15-64

2099

11.3

0.7

 

 

 

Metropolitan France

2

1995

18-75

1787

16.0

1.2

0.7

 

 

National

3

1999

18-69

1742

21.9

1.5

0.2

0.9

1.2

National

4

2000

15-64

11317

22.5

1.6

1.5

0.9

1.7

Metropolitan France

5

2002

15-64

1744

26.2

2.2

0.4

0.9

1.2

Ireland

National

1

1998

18-64

826

14.3

 

 

 

 

National

2

1998

18-64

 

19.9

 

 

 

 

National

3

2000

18-64

907

11.3

 

 

 

 

National

4

2002-03

15-64

4925

17.6

3.1

3.0

3.8

3.0

Italy

National

1

2001

15-44

6032

21.9

3.4

1.5

1.8

0.0

National

2

2003

15-54

11869

22.4

4.6

1.9

1.8

2.1

Cyprus

National

1 (4)

2003

15-65

1000

19.8

1.1

1.4

4.3

0.2

Latvia

National

1

2003

15-64

 

10.6

1.2

2.6

2.4

1.1

Luxembourg

National

1

1998

15-64

 

12.9

0.2

 

1.2

1.4

Hungary

National

1

2001

18-65

2359

5.7

0.8

1.6

2.0

1.6

National

2

2003

18-54

 

9.8

1.0

2.5

3.1

1.7

Malta

National

1

2001

18-64

 

3.5

0.4

0.4

0.7

0.5

Netherlands

National

1

1997-98

15-64

17590

19.1

2.6

2.2

2.3

1.5

National

2

2001

15-64

14045

21.0

3.6

3.1

3.6

1.3

Poland

National

1

2002

16-64

 

7.7

0.8

1.9

0.7

1.2

Portugal

National

1

2001

15-64

14186

7.6

0.9

0.5

0.7

0.4

Slovakia

National

1

2002

18-64

1405

14.9

1.0

0.8

1.8

 

Finland

National

1

1992

18-74

3457

4.9

 

0.2

 

 

National

2

1996

16-74

3009

7.3

 

0.7

 

 

National

3

1998

15-69

2568

9.7

0.6

1.0

0.5

 

National

4

2000

15-64

1677

9.9

0.6

1.0

0.6

0.4

National

5

2002

15-64

2377

12.8

0.7

2.2

1.4

0.8

Sweden

National

1

1994

16-64

806

7.1

0.4

1.4

0.0

0.4

National

2

1996

16-64

1136

9.8

1.0

2.1

0.3

0.2

National

3

1998

16-64

1359

13.9

0.6

2.0

0.3

 

National

4

2000

16-64

1750

12.5

0.7

1.9

0.2

0.3

National

5

2004

18-64

9514

13.8

 

 

 

 

United Kingdom

England and Wales

1

1994

16-59

9645

21.0

2.4

8.2

2.4

4.4

England and Wales

2

1996

16-59

10935

23.5

3.1

9.3

3.8

5.4

England and Wales

3

1998

16-59

9984

26.8

3.8

10.8

4.2

5.6

England and Wales

4

2000

16-59

13018

29.5

5.6

12.3

5.3

6.2

England and Wales

5

2001-02

16-59

20165

28.9

5.2

11.6

5.9

5.4

Northern Ireland

6

2002-03

15-64

3517

16.8

1.7

3.9

5.9

4.5

England and Wales

7

2002-03

16-59

23586

30.6

6.2

12.3

6.6

5.9

England and Wales

8

2003-04

16-59

24422

30.8

6.8

12.2

6.9

6.1

Norway

National

1

1999

15-64

1803

15.3

2.2

3.8

1.3

 

Notes: 

(1) Cocaine any form.  

(2) For Belgium National 2001 and for Metropolitan France 1995: amphetamine+ecstasy. 

(3) For Spain: ecstasy and other designer drugs.  

(4) Results of this survey should be viewed with caution due to important discrepancies with previous surveys and school surveys results. A new survey with a bigger sample is being conducted in 2005.  

This table aims to present national surveys. Exceptionally some relevant regional surveys are presented. Some city surveys reported by countries were not included as they tend to produce higher prevalence estimates, which are not comparable with estimates for whole countries (or big regions with urban and rural areas). Athens was included as reference point for 1993 survey.  

In surveys with small sample sizes results should be interpreted with caution.  

Countries were asked to report results using, as far as possible, EMCDDA standard age groups (all adults: 15-64, young adults: 15-34). In countries where age ranges are more restrictive prevalence estimates may tend to be slightly higher. Some countries have recalculated their prevalence figures using the EMCDDA standard age groups.  

For methods and definitions on population surveys in general, see [Methods and definitions - Prevalence and patterns of drug use in the general population]

For methods of each survey presented in this table, see [Table GPS-1 part (ii)].  

Sources:  

See [Table GPS-0].