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HBSC was founded in 1982 by researchers from Finland, Norway and England. The first HBSC international survey took place in 1983/84, with five countries taking part.

HBSC membership has grown steadily over the years and currently, there are 51 participating countries and regions, with more than 450 individual researchers.

Country	1983/84	1985/86	1989/90	1993/94	1997/98	2001/02	2005/06	2009/10	2013/14	2017/18	2021/22
Austria	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Denmark	√**	√**	√**	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Finland	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Norway		√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Belgium (French)		√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Hungary		√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Scotland		√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Spain		√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Sweden		√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Switzerland		√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Wales		√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Belgium (Flemish)			√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Netherlands		√**	√**	√		√	√	√	√	√	√
Poland			√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Canada			√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Czechia				√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
England	√				√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Estonia				√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
France				√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Germany				√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Greenland				√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Israel		√		√	√	√	√**	√	√	√**	√**
Latvia			√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Lithuania				√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Slovakia				√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Greece					√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Ireland					√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Portugal					√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Russian Federation				√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Croatia						√	√	√	√	√	√
Italy						√	√	√	√	√	√
Malta						√	√	√	√	√	√
North Macedonia						√	√	√	√	√	√
Slovenia						√	√	√	√	√	√
Iceland							√	√	√	√	√
Luxembourg							√	√	√	√	√
Ukraine						√	√	√	√	√
USA					√	√	√	√
Bulgaria							√		√	√	√

Countries

Participating countries per survey year

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