Table DRCrime-4. Percentage of total drug law offences that are related to drug use or possession for use, 1996-2002

Country		1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002

Austria	⁽¹⁾	86.5	84.7	86.7	88.5	89.8	88.9	89.5
Belgium	⁽²⁾			52.7	67.1	64.3	61.9	70.4
Czech Republic	⁽³⁾				6.2	8.5	9.4	10.5
Finland	⁽⁴⁾							52.4
France	⁽³⁾	72.3	78.9	82	83.5	82.7	84.8	84
Germany	⁽⁴⁾	63	64	65.9	65.6	66.9	66	68
Hungary	⁽⁴⁾			80.1	82.7	82.7	80.2	82.8
Ireland	⁽⁴⁾			64.6	68.4	77.2	79.9	79.8
Luxembourg	⁽⁴⁾	5.6	7.9	22.9	23	31.1	19.4	23.4
Norway	⁽⁴⁾	35.4	34	37.5	38.9	39.7	41.5
Portugal	^{(3) (5)}	54.3	57.5	60.6	61.7	54.8	39.4
Slovenia	⁽⁴⁾						73.9	87.5
Sweden	⁽⁴⁾	78	78.9	79.1	80	82.1	81.6	81.7
United Kingdom	⁽⁴⁾	83.7	85.2	86.3	86.3	86.2

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) The law only differs between small and large quantities. Thus cases of possession and small-scale trafficking have been considered as 'use/possession for use'.
(2) Among all drug offences in 1998 and 1999; among main drug offences from 2000.
(3) Among main drug offences.
(4) Among all drug offences - several different drug offences may be involved in one case.
(5) Since July 2001, drug use/possession for use is not a criminal offence anymore and thus not considered here. In consequence, the proportion has decreased in 2001 and the series has stopped since then.

Source: National focal points.

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