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Report on Behavioral Addictions and Other Addictive Disorders: Spain 2025
The Spanish Observatory on Drugs and Addictions (OEDA) and the Government Delegation for the National Plan on Drugs present a 2025 monographic report on behavioral addictions in Spain, covering gambling, problematic internet use, possible video game use disorder, problematic social media use, and pornography.
- Among students aged 14 to 18, the prevalence of gambling in the last 12 months rose from 21.5% in 2023 to 24.4% in 2025, with a much larger increase among men.
- In 2024, 3.2% of players of the 15 to 64 population who answered the DSM-5 scale showed possible problematic gambling, and 1.3% showed possible gambling disorder.
- Among students aged 14 to 18 in 2025, 5.2% would exhibit possible video game use disorder, a figure similar to 2023.
Report on Behavioral Addictions and Other Addictive Disorders: 2024
The Spanish Observatory on Drugs and Addictions and the Government Delegation for the National Plan on Drugs present a 2024 monographic report on behavioral addictions in Spain, covering gambling, problematic Internet use, gaming, cryptocurrency and stock-exchange gambling, pornography use, and admissions to treatment for…
- In 2024, 53.8% of the 15-64 population gambled online and/or face-to-face in the last 12 months, and the document notes prevalence has continued to decline since 2022.
- Among the 15-64 population in 2024, 1.4% showed possible problematic gambling on the DSM-5 scale, with the proportion at 2.2% among men and 0.7% among women.
- Among students aged 14-18 in 2023, 4.0% were at risk of problematic gambling on the Lie/Bet scale, rising to 8.3% among 18-year-olds.
Report on Behavioral Addictions and Other Addictive Disorders: Spain 2023
The Spanish Observatory on Drugs and Addictions and the Government Delegation for the National Plan on Drugs published this 2023 monographic report on behavioral addictions in Spain.
- Gambling was the behavioral addiction behind 80.7% of the 4,052 treatment admissions for behavioral addictions recorded in Spain in 2021.
- Among 14-18 students, online gambling prevalence in the last 12 months rose to 10.7% in 2023 from 9.4% in 2021.
- In 2022, 5.3% of the 15-64 population had gambled online in the last year, compared with 57.4% for face-to-face gambling.
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