ESPAD average
Lifetime use of inhalants (%) a
  Average Min. Max.
Inhalants 7 1 25
a Percentage of students reporting use of inhalants.
 

The ESPAD average for lifetime inhalant use was 7 %, with large differences between countries (Table 8). The country with the highest proportion of students who have tried inhalants was Croatia (25 %), followed by Slovenia (14 %). The lowest rates (1-2 %) were found in the Faroes, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Moldova. The average prevalence of lifetime inhalant use among ESPAD students was the same for boys and girls. Similar rates for both genders were found in most countries. A noticeable gender difference in the rate of inhalant use was reported in Croatia (19 % for boys versus 32 % for girls).

Table 8. Inhalants and new psychoactive substances (NPS): prevalence of lifetime use (percentage)

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Country Inhalants NPS Inhalants NPS
Boys Girls Boys Girls
Albania 4 4 6 2 6 2
Austria 10 3 10 9 4 3
Belgium (Flanders) 3 1 3 3 1 0
Bulgaria 3 8 4 2 10 7
Croatia 25 7 19 32 7 7
Cyprus 8 4 9 7 6 2
Czech Republic 6 7 5 6 6 7
Denmark 4 1 4 3 2 1
Estonia 13 10 11 14 10 9
Faroes 2 3 3 2 3 4
Finland 8 1 7 8 2 1
FYR Macedonia a 2 4 3 1 5 3
France 6 4 5 7 5 4
Georgia 12 7 10 14 10 3
Greece 13 3 13 13 4 2
Hungary 7 4 6 7 3 4
Iceland 3 3 2 4 2 3
Ireland 11 7 11 10 8 5
Italy 3 6 4 3 6 5
Liechtenstein 8 4 11 6 6 3
Lithuania 8 5 9 7 6 5
Malta 8 4 7 9 4 4
Moldova 1 2 2 1 3 1
Monaco 8 4 7 9 4 5
Montenegro 7 3 8 6 4 2
Netherlands 5 2 6 4 3 2
Norway 5 1 5 5 2 1
Poland 11 10 11 11 10 9
Portugal 4 1 5 4 1 1
Romania 4 5 3 4 6 5
Slovakia 8 4 8 8 4 4
Slovenia 14 3 14 14 3 3
Sweden 7 4 7 7 3 4
Ukraine 5 4 4 5 5 4
AVERAGE 7 4 7 7 5 4
Latvia 18 7 14 22 8 5
Spain 1 4 1 1 5 3
United States 7 . 7 8 . .

a Official name former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.