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Prevalence of amphetamine use in the last year in Europe as of 2023, by country

Characteristic	Share of population
Finland	2.3%
Croatia	1.8%
Estonia	1.8%
Netherlands	1.7%
Germany	1.4%
Ireland	1%
Austria	0.9%
Bulgaria	0.7%
Czechia	0.7%
Italy	0.7%
Poland	0.7%
Sweden	0.7%
Denmark	0.6%
France	0.6%
Latvia	0.6%
Spain	0.6%
Belgium	0.5%
Cyprus	0.5%
Slovenia	0.5%
Hungary	0.4%
Norway	0.4%
Lithuania	0.2%
Luxembourg	0.1%
Romania	0.1%
Slovakia	0.1%
Portugal	0%

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June 2025

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

2023 or latest year

Age group

15-64 years

Supplementary notes

Data represents the results of the last survey available in each country.

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Finland had the highest prevalence of amphetamine use among adults in Europe in 2023, with approximately 2.3 percent of the population reported to using amphetamine within the last year. This was followed by Croatia and Estonia, which had 1.8 percent each using amphetamines in their country.

Demographics of users in the Netherlands

The age group 25 to 29 years had the highest share of the Dutch population who had taken amphetamines in the last year as of 2021, at 4.8 percent. Additionally, it was among those aged 25 to 29 years which had the largest prevalence of those who had ever used amphetamines.

Use of other drugs in the EU

In the European Union, amphetamines are the fourth most prevalent drug across a person’s lifetime, with 4.1 percent reporting to have taken at some point in their life. Cannabis is the most used drug, with over 31 percent using in their lifetime. Amphetamines also accounted for 4.3 percent of all drug seizures that took place in the EU in 2023.