Prevalence of current tobacco use in Euro area
Euro area: Prevalence of current tobacco use was 26.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of current tobacco use in Euro area, 2000–2024
Source: Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
In 2024, prevalence of current tobacco use in Euro area stood at 26.1%. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of current tobacco use in Euro area peaked at 34.1% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 26.1%, in 2024.
That places Euro area 4th out of 46 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Prevalence of current tobacco use in Euro area, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 34.1% | — |
| 2005 | 32.0% | -6.0% |
| 2007 | 31.3% | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 30.2% | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 28.6% | -5.4% |
| 2020 | 27.2% | -4.9% |
| 2022 | 26.7% | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 26.4% | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 26.1% | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 32.5% | 31.3% | 34.1% | 3 |
| 2010s | 29.4% | 28.6% | 30.2% | 2 |
| 2020s | 26.6% | 26.1% | 27.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
- 1 Timor-Leste 48.8% compare
- 2 Lebanon 46.9% compare
- 3 Myanmar 43.4% compare
- 4 Serbia 39.7% compare
- 5 North Macedonia 39.6% compare
- 6 Papua New Guinea 39.3% compare
- 7 Bulgaria 38.7% compare
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 in Euro area?
- Prevalence of current tobacco use in Euro area was 26.1% in 2024, according to Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 34.1% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of current tobacco use recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.1% in 2024.
- How does Euro area rank for prevalence of current tobacco use?
- Euro area ranks 4th out of 46 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of current tobacco use rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.6%. 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 (% of adults). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The percentage of the 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.