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. 2020 Jun;66(6 Suppl):S89–S99. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.02.014

Table 3.

Prevalence by country

Country N Intense SMU Problematic SMU
Spain 4,070 38.37% 14.17%
Wales 15,456 37.26% 11.99%
Ireland 3,628 38.72% 11.99%
Italy 4,069 49.87% 10.56%
Finland 3,067 27.08% 10.16%
Greece 3,715 34.06% 9.93%
Scotland 4,916 39.31% 9.45%
Norway 3,053 39.46% 9.14%
Belgium (French) 3,695 38.32% 8.02%
Lithuania 3,685 40.90% 7.78%
England 3,306 33.91% 7.60%
Poland 5,055 43.25% 7.60%
France 8,621 36.82% 7.59%
Luxembourg 3,889 34.83% 7.37%
Canada 12,355 35.33% 6.71%
Belgium (Flanders) 4,117 43.29% 6.65%
Portugal 5,866 40.36% 5.92%
Estonia 4,622 31.42% 5.79%
Hungary 3,715 23.58% 5.39%
Latvia 4,143 25.95% 5.38%
Germany 4,126 26.15% 5.35%
Czech Republic 11,162 21.97% 5.33%
Slovenia 5,126 31.58% 5.31%
Sweden 4,006 43.10% 5.31%
Austria 4,011 33.18% 4.86%
Iceland 6,693 34.14% 4.83%
Switzerland 7,122 17.35% 4.47%
Denmark 3,113 35.04% 4.12%
Netherlands 4,579 27.53% 3.22%
Average 154,981 34.03% 7.38%

Countries were sorted on their problematic SMU prevalence.

SMU = social media use.