This statistic shows the result of a survey on cannabis consumption among youths in the Nordic countries in 2015, by gender. That year, with a share of 15 percent, the majority of cannabis consumers were boys from Denmark, while the share of girls amounted only to ten percent. In total, the cannabis consumption rate in that country reached 12 percent and was highest out of all Nordic countries.
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
Survey time period
2015
Number of respondents
96,046 respondents*
Age group
15-16 years
Supplementary notes
The source does not provide the original wording of the question posed during the survey. The wording of the question chosen for this statistic may therefore differ slightly from the original.
* The number of respondents refers to the total European survey participants (35 countries). The number of respondents per country was as follows:
Denmark: n=1,670
Faroe Islands: n=511
Finland: n= 4049
Iceland: n=2,663
Norway: n=2,584
Sweden: n=2,554.
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