Prevalence of current tobacco use, females in Euro area
Euro area: Prevalence of current tobacco use, females was 23.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of current tobacco use, females in Euro area, 2000–2024
Source: Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of female adults.
Analysis
Euro area recorded 23.5% for prevalence of current tobacco use, females in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use, females in Euro area peaked at 27.9% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 23.5%, in 2024.
Euro area ranks 1st of 46 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
Prevalence of current tobacco use, females in Euro area, year by year
| Year | % of female adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 27.9% | — |
| 2005 | 26.7% | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 26.3% | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 25.7% | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 24.8% | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 24.0% | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 23.8% | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 23.6% | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 23.5% | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 27.0% | 26.3% | 27.9% | 3 |
| 2010s | 25.2% | 24.8% | 25.7% | 2 |
| 2020s | 23.7% | 23.5% | 24.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
More health data for Euro area
- Population ages 40-44, female, annual growth rate -1.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per capita 0.0324 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 10-14, female, annual growth rate -0.7316 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, annual growth rate -1.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, per capita 0.0323 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 10-14, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.0309 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, annual growth rate 0.1709 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of current tobacco use, females in Euro area?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use, females in Euro area was 23.5% in 2024, according to Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest prevalence of current tobacco use, females recorded in Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 27.9% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use, females recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.5% in 2024.
- How does Euro area rank for prevalence of current tobacco use, females?
- Euro area ranks 1st out of 46 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use, females rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Euro area data come from?
- The figures come from Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of Prevalence of current tobacco use, females (% of female adults). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The percentage of the female population ages 15 years and over who currently use any tobacco product (smoked and/or smokeless tobacco) on a daily or non-daily basis. Tobacco products include cigarettes, pipes, cigars, cigarillos, waterpipes (hookah, shisha), bidis, kretek, heated tobacco products, and all forms of smokeless (oral and nasal) tobacco. Tobacco products exclude e-cigarettes (which do not contain tobacco), “e-cigars”, “e-hookahs”, JUUL and “e-pipes”. The rates are age-standardized to the WHO Standard Population.