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ESPAD: European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs

Coordinated by independent research teams across Europe (40+ participating countries)

HDB-0272

Largest cross-national research project on adolescent substance use in Europe, collecting comparable data from 15–16-year-old students every four years since 1995 across 37+ countries. The data portal provides access to trends in tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drug use alongside mental well-being, gaming, and social media use indicators.

Category

Open dataset

Access

Open access

Region

Europe

Coverage

49 European countries across 8 survey waves (1995–2024)

Size

113,000+ students in 2024 wave; 800,000+ cumulative since 1995

Data types

substance use, adolescent health, behavioral risk factors, mental well-being

adolescent health substance use behavioral surveillance longitudinal

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Record HDB-0272 · last verified 2026-08-06 · listed in Open datasets

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