Daily smokers in Denmark
12.9% of people aged 15 and over in Denmark smoked daily in 2019.
Denmark, 2019
12.9%
Change from 2014
−0.9percentage points
European Union, 2019
19.3%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2019
19.3%
Position in 2019
26th of 31
Daily smokers in Denmark over time
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% of people aged 15 and over. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Denmark | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 12.9% | 19.3% |
| 2014 | 13.8% | 19.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 13.8% in 2014, a change of −0.9 percentage points.
- Among the 31 countries with data for 2019, Denmark has the 26th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2019 was 19.3%.
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