Table DRCrime-5. Cannabis-related offences: percentage among total drug law offences, 1996-2002
| Country | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | ||
| Austria (1) | 63.2 | 59.6 | 67.5 | 68.5 | 64.1 | 58.5 | 57.6 | ||
| Belgium | 66.1 | 68.3 | 67.3 | 68.1 | 67.1 | ||||
| Czech Republic (2) | 37.4 | ||||||||
| France (2) | 70.8 | 78.5 | 83.2 | 85.2 | 85.2 | 85.5 | 86.8 | ||
| Germany (2) (3) | 49.2 | 45.6 | 51.9 | 53.6 | 54.8 | 54.4 | 56.4 | ||
| Hungary (2) | 39.6 | 50.5 | 52.6 | 64 | 66 | ||||
| Ireland (2) | 62.3 | 64.3 | 38.9 | 58.6 | 58.1 | 60.3 | 64.6 | ||
| Italy (1) (4) | 36.6 | 43 | 45.4 | 44.8 | 43.6 | 45 | 42.1 | ||
| Lithuania (1) | 10.2 | 8.1 | 9.9 | ||||||
| Luxembourg (1) | 14.9 | 15.3 | 19.6 | 23.5 | 21.2 | 28.1 | 28.2 | ||
| Netherlands (2) (5) (6) | 38.3 | 37.5 | 37.6 | 37.3 | 36.8 | ||||
| Portugal (3) (6) | 15.2 | 21.4 | 24.2 | 27.2 | 29.4 | 34.5 | 35.8 | ||
| Slovenia (1) | 81.5 | 82.2 | |||||||
| Spain (1) (4) | 40.4 | 44.5 | 49.1 | 48.1 | 44 | 48.4 | 52.3 | ||
| Sweden (1) (7) | 35 | 35.2 | 36.5 | 35.8 | 33.6 | ||||
| United Kingdom (1) | 72.7 | 73 | 72.6 | 70.2 | 69.1 | ||||
| Notes: | |||||||||
| Data are not available for some countries. | |||||||||
| For definitions of reports for drug law offences, please refer to [Methods and definitions - Drug law offences] in this Statistical bulletin. | |||||||||
| (1) Based on number of mentions of cannabis among all drug mentions, whether alone or with other drugs. | |||||||||
| (2) Based on number of offences with cannabis as main drug. | |||||||||
| (3) Among all offences broken down by drug (for some offences, a breakdown by drug is not available). | |||||||||
| (4) Among offences for drug dealing/trafficking (since offences for drug use/possession for use are not criminalised). | |||||||||
| (5) Data refer to 'soft drugs' (mainly cannabis). | |||||||||
| (6) The reported proportion represents offences for cannabis only (or 'soft drugs' only in the case of the Netherlands) - it does not include offences for 'cannabis + other drug(s)' (or 'soft drugs + other drug(s)' in the case of the Netherlands). | |||||||||
| (7) Among persons given a summary fine by the prosecutor or sentenced by a court. | |||||||||
| Source: National focal points | |||||||||
