Informe sobre adicciones comportamentales y otros trastornos adictivos 2025: España

The Observatorio Español de las Drogas y las Adicciones (OEDA) and the Delegación del Gobierno para el Plan Nacional sobre Drogas published this 2025 monographic report on behavioural addictions in Spain. It draws on the national EDADES survey of residents aged 15 to 64 and the ESTUDES survey of students aged 14 to 18, covering gambling, problematic internet use, video game use, problematic social media use, and pornography, plus the national indicator of treatment admissions for behavioural addictions, which reported 2023 data. The methodology relies on questionnaire modules and validated scales, including the DSM-5 scale for gambling disorder and the CIUS for problematic internet use.

In 2024, 53.8% of the 15 to 64 population had gambled in the past 12 months, with 5.5% gambling online and 52.9% gambling in person. Among students aged 14 to 18 in 2025, 24.4% had gambled in the past 12 months, rising from 21.5% in 2023. Online gambling prevalence among students reached 13.0% in 2025, up from 10.7% in 2023.

The report also found that 19.4% of students showed a high risk of problematic internet use, and 15.3% showed possible problematic social media use, a measure introduced in 2025. In 2023, 4,916 admissions to treatment for behavioural addictions were notified, of which 81.6% were for gambling.